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title: גׇּפְרִית — brimstone · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גׇּפְרִית (1614), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: brimstone. BDB 1906: n.f. brimstone. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גׇּפְרִית

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«גׇּפְרִית» in the Tanakh dictionary: **brimstone** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 1614 · **BDB:** גָּפְרִית

### Glosses

sulfur (5); \[is\].sulfur (1); of.sulfur (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גׇּפְרִית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1614/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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