Genesis 19:28:13Gen.19.28.W13TAB
כְּקִיטֹ֖ר
kekitor
“like smoke of”
- Transliteration
- ke-ki-TOR
- Extended
- keh-kee-TOHR
- IPA
- /kə.qi.ˈtoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- like smoke of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-ki-TOR
- clause
va-YAR ve-hin-NE a-LA ki-TOR ha-A-rets ke-ki-TOR ha-kiv-SHAN
- 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 simile kekitor hakivshan {כְּקִיטֹר הַכִּבְשָׁן | kə-qî-ṭōr ha-kib-šān} ‘like the smoke of the furnace’ heightens the destructive imagery. The formal reconstruction retains the coordinated structure and the phrase “and behold” to mirror the Hebrew pacing, while the dynamic version restructures into two sentences for brisk, contemporary impact.
Root and etymology
q-t-rqof–tet–resh
“to smoke, give off vapor”
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 19:28:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 19:28, so the Hebrew word כְּקִיטֹ֖ר (kekitor) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.28.W13.S1) and character.