Genesis 19:24:5Gen.19.24.W5PAT
גָּפְרִ֣ית
gafrit
“sulfur”
- Transliteration
- gaf-RIT
- Extended
- gahf-REET
- IPA
- /gaːf.ˈriːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- sulfur
- French
- soufre
- Spanish
- azufre
- Portuguese
- enxofre
- German
- Schwefel
- Russian
- серу
- Arabic-Simplified
- كِبْرِيتًا
- Hindi
- गन्धक
- Chinese-Simplified
- 硫磺
- Korean
- 유황
- Indonesian
- belerang
- Bengali
- গন্ধক
- Tagalog
- asupre
- Swahili
- kiberiti
- Amharic
- ድኝ
- Yoruba
- sulfọ
- Igbo
- sọlfọ
- Twi
- sɔfre
- Ewe
- sɔlfa
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
gaf-RIT
- phraseyour reading level
gaf-RIT va-ESH
- clause
va-ye-ho-VAH hi-me-TIR al-se-DOM ve-al-a-mo-RA gaf-RIT va-ESH
- sentence
va-ye-ho-VAH hi-me-TIR al-se-DOM ve-al-a-mo-RA gaf-RIT va-ESH me-ET ye-ho-VAH min-ha-sha-MA-yim
In context — Genesis 19:24
and LORD caused to rain sulfur and fire upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah from LORD out of the heavens
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 19:24, so the Hebrew word גָּפְרִ֣ית (gafrit) 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.19.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.24.W5.S1) and character.