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

Result
וַ + עֲ + מֹ + רָ֔ה
va + a + mo + ra
vaamora

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-a-mo-RA

  2. clause

    va-yash-KEF al-pe-NEI se-DOM va-a-mo-RA ve-al-kol-pe-NEI E-rets ha-ki-KAR

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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.