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# גׇּפְרִית

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1614

**brimstone** — used 7 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

brimstone [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1614/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גָּפְרִית: n.f. brimstone [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1614/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. brimstone (Aramaic גּוּפְרִיתָא, also כבריתא, כובריתא, ܟܶܒܪܝܺܬܳܐ, ܟܽܒܪܝܺܬܳܐ; Arabic كِبْرِيت (certainly foreign wd.); der. from (כֹּפֶר), גֹּפֶר by Thes RobGes, cf. Di Gn 6:14; i.e. pitch, and then other combustibles, especially sulphur; Lagl.c. thinks from Bactr. vohûkereti)—גָּפְרִית Gn 19:24 + 6 times—brimstone, after הִמְטִיר Gn 19:24 (J), fig. of judgment ψ 11:6 Ez 38:22 (in all ‖ אֵשׁ etc.), cf. also Jb 18:15 Is 34:9, & Dt 29:22; נַחַל ג׳ simile for the destroying breath of י׳ Is 30:33.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: sulfur (5); \[is\] sulfur (1); of sulfur (1).

## In the verses

[Job 18:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.18.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.18.15/#tree)

תִּשְׁכּ֣וֹן בְּ֭אָהֳלוֹ מִבְּלִי־ל֑וֹ יְזֹרֶ֖ה עַל־נָוֵ֣הוּ גָפְרִֽית׃

*Word for word:* it.dwells in tent his some of.not \[belonging\].to him it.is.scattered over estate his sulfur

*JPS 1917:* There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his; brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

[Psalms 11:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.11.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.11.6/#tree)

יַמְטֵ֥ר עַל־רְשָׁעִ֗ים פַּ֫חִ֥ים אֵ֣שׁ וְ֭גָפְרִית וְר֥וּחַ זִלְעָפ֗וֹת מְנָ֣ת כּוֹסָֽם׃

*Word for word:* he.will.rain.down on wicked.\[people\] snares \[will.be\].fire and sulfur and a.wind of.burning.heat(s) the.portion their.cup their

*JPS 1917:* Upon the wicked He will cause to rain coals; fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1614/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).