Genesis 19:24:4Gen.19.24.W4TAB
וְעַל־עֲמֹרָ֖ה
vealamora
“and upon Gomorrah”
- Transliteration
- ve-al-a-mo-RA
- Extended
- veh-ahl-ah-moh-RAA
- IPA
- /və.ʕal.ʕă.mo.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and upon Gomorrah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-al-a-mo-RA
- clause
va-ye-ho-VAH hi-me-TIR al-se-DOM ve-al-a-mo-RA gaf-RIT va-ESH
- sentence
va-ye-ho-VAH hi-me-TIR al-se-DOM ve-al-a-mo-RA gaf-RIT va-ESH me-ET ye-ho-VAH min-ha-sha-MA-yim
Exegesis
The coordinated prepositional phrases ʿal Səḏōm {עַל־סְדֹם | ʿal sə-ḏōm} and wə-ʿal ʿAmôrāh {וְעַל־עֲמֹרָה | wə-ʿal ʿă-mō-rāh} use repeated ʿal “upon” to target both cities equally.
In context — Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD caused brimstone and fire to rain upon Sodom and Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 19:24, so the Hebrew word וְעַל־עֲמֹרָ֖ה (vealamora) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.19.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.24.W4.S1) and character.