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Ezekiel 16:41

“And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׂרַףsâraph · saw-raf'
H8313 · Hebrew

Definition: to be (causatively, set) on fire
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: (cause to, make a) burn((-ing), up) kindle, [idiom] utterly.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
שָׂרְפ֤וּ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
Code HC/Vqq3cp
Usage: Occurs 117 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 11:3 Genesis 38:24 Exodus 12:10 Exodus 29:14 Exodus 29:34

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 שָׂרַף here.

Verse 40 Verse 42

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.