Genesis 19:24:5Gen.19.24.W5TAB
גָּפְרִ֣ית
gafrit
“sulfur”
- Transliteration
- gaf-RIT
- Extended
- gahf-REET
- IPA
- /gaːf.ˈriːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- sulfur
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gaf-RIT
- phraseyour reading level
gaf-RIT va-ESH
- 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 hendiadys gāp̄rît wā-ʾēš {גָּפְרִית וָאֵשׁ | gāp̄-rît wā-ʾēš} combines brimstone and fire as a single catastrophic phenomenon.
Root and etymology
g-p-rgimel–pe–resh
“brimstone, sulfur”
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 19:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 19:24, so the Hebrew word גָּפְרִ֣ית (gafrit) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.24.W5.S1) and character.