Genesis 18:16:6Gen.18.16.W6PAT

סְדֹ֑ם

sedom

Sodom

Transliteration
se-DOM
Extended
seh-DOHM
IPA
/sə.ˈðoːm/

Meaning by language

English
Sodom
French
Sodome
Spanish
Sodoma
Portuguese
Sodoma
German
Sodom
Russian
Содома
Arabic-Simplified
سَدُومَ
Hindi
सदोम
Chinese-Simplified
所多玛
Korean
소돔
Indonesian
Sodom
Bengali
সদোম
Tagalog
Sodoma
Swahili
Sodoma
Amharic
ሰዶም
Yoruba
Sodomu
Igbo
Sọdọm
Twi
Sodom
Ewe
Sodoma

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Result
סְ + דֹ֑ם
se + dom
sedom

Alphabet Analysis

Samekhs as in sit
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Daletd as in door
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    se-DOM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    al-pe-NEI se-DOM

  3. clause

    va-ya-KU-mu mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yash-KI-fu al-pe-NEI se-DOM

  4. sentence

    va-ya-KU-mu mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yash-KI-fu al-pe-NEI se-DOM ve-a-ve-ra-HAM ho-LEKH im-MAM le-shal-KHAM

In contextGenesis 18:16

the men arose from there looked down toward Sodom and Abraham went with them to send them off

About this coordinate

Genesis 18:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 18:16, so the Hebrew word סְדֹ֑ם (sedom) 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.18.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.16.W6.S1) and character.