Genesis 19:25:1Gen.19.25.W1TAB
וַֽיַּהֲפֹךְ֙
vayahapokh
“He overthrew”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-ha-POKH
- Extended
- vah-yah-hah-POHKH
- IPA
- /waj.ja.hăˈfoːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- He overthrew
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-ha-POKH
- clause
va-ya-ha-POKH et-he-a-RIM ha-EL ve-ET kol-ha-kik-KAR
- sentence
va-ya-ha-POKH et-he-a-RIM ha-EL ve-ET kol-ha-kik-KAR ve-ET kol-yosh-VEI he-a-RIM ve-TSE-makh ha-a-da-MA
Exegesis
The verse employs a wayyiqtol sequence beginning with vayahafokh {וֽ͏ַיַּהֲפֹךְ֙ | wayyăhăp̄ōḵ} ‘and He overturned’ as the main event clause.
Root and etymology
h-p-kheh–pe–kaf
“to turn, overturn”
In context — Genesis 19:25
So He overturned those cities, all the plain , all the inhabitants of the cities, and the vegetation of the ground.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 19:25, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּהֲפֹךְ֙ (vayahapokh) 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.19.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.25.W1.S1) and character.