Genesis 19:28:1Gen.19.28.W1TAB
וַיַּשְׁקֵ֗ף
vayashkef
“and he looked down”
- Transliteration
- va-yash-KEF
- Extended
- vah-yash-KEHF
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʃ.ˈqeːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he looked down
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yash-KEF
- clause
va-yash-KEF al-pe-NEI se-DOM va-a-mo-RA ve-al-kol-pe-NEI E-rets ha-ki-KAR
- sentence
va-yash-KEF al-pe-NEI se-DOM va-a-mo-RA ve-al-kol-pe-NEI E-rets ha-ki-KAR va-YAR ve-hin-NE a-LA ki-TOR ha-A-rets ke-ki-TOR ha-kiv-SHAN
Exegesis
The verse begins with the Hifil wayyiqtol vayashqef {וַיַּשְׁקֵף | way-yaš-qēp̄} ‘and he looked out,’ depicting a deliberate act of observation.
In context — Genesis 19:28
And he looked out over the surface of Sodom and Gomorrah and over all the surface of the land of the plain, and he saw—and behold—smoke was rising from the land like the smoke of a furnace.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 19:28, so the Hebrew word וַיַּשְׁקֵ֗ף (vayashkef) 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.19.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.28.W1.S1) and character.