Genesis 19:28:7Gen.19.28.W7TAB
הַכִּכָּ֑ר
hakikar
“the plain”
- Transliteration
- ha-ki-KAR
- Extended
- hah-kih-KAAR
- IPA
- /ha.kik.ˈkaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the plain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ki-KAR
- phraseyour reading level
E-rets ha-ki-KAR
- 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
This is followed by the coordinated prepositional phrases al-penei Sodom vaamora {עַל־פְּנֵי סְדֹם וַעֲמֹרָה | ʿal pə-nê sə-ḏōm wa-ʿă-mō-rāh} ‘over the surface of Sodom and Gomorrah’ and veal kol penei erets hakikkar {וְעַל־כָּל־פְּנֵי אֶרֶץ הַכִּכָּר | wə-ʿal kāl pə-nê ʾe-reṣ hak-kik-kār} ‘and over all the surface of the land of the plain,’ expanding the view from specific cities to the entire region.
Root and etymology
RootKaf–Kaf–Resh
“to be round, circle”
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 19:28:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 19:28, so the Hebrew word הַכִּכָּ֑ר (hakikar) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.28.W7.S1) and character.