Original Language Studio
Deuteronomy 29:22
“So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it;” (KJV)
Tap a word · read right to left
Lexical meaning
H1614 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, cypress-resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable)
- Derivation
- probably feminine of H1613 (גֹּפֶר);
- KJV renderings
- brimstone.
- Grammar
- גָּפְרִ֣ית — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 7 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 19:24Job 18:15Psalms 11:6Isaiah 30:33Isaiah 34:9
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read גׇּפְרִית here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.