Genesis 19:28:4Gen.19.28.W4PAT
וַעֲמֹרָ֔ה
vaamora
“and Gomorrah”
- Transliteration
- va-a-mo-RA
- Extended
- vah-ah-moh-RAA
- IPA
- /va.ʕă.mo.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Gomorrah
- French
- et Gomorrhe
- Spanish
- y Gomorra
- Russian
- и Гоморра
- Arabic-Simplified
- وعمورة
- Hindi
- और अमोरा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 和蛾摩拉
- Swahili
- na Gomora
- Twi
- na Gomora
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-mo-RA
- 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
In context — Genesis 19:28
and he looked down upon the face of Sodom and Gomorrah and upon all the face of land of the plain and he saw and behold smoke of went up the land like smoke of the furnace
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 19:28, so the Hebrew word וַעֲמֹרָ֔ה (vaamora) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.28.W4.S1) and character.