לִ/שְׂרֵפָ֑ה

𐤋/𐤔𐤓𐤐𐤄

sᵉrêphâh

them

Ritual or destructive burning; the act or process of setting fire to something such as objects, materials, cities, or, in rare contexts, corpses, whether for disposal, judgment, or ritual purification. The term refers both to ordinary combustion and to acts of intentional, often symbolic, destruction by fire.

H8316

Genesis 11:3 · Word #9

Lexicon H8316

Lemmaשְׂרֵפָה
Lemma (Paleo)𐤔𐤓𐤐𐤄
Transliterationsᵉrêphâh
Strong'sH8316
DefinitionRitual or destructive burning; the act or process of setting fire to something such as objects, materials, cities, or, in rare contexts, corpses, whether for disposal, judgment, or ritual purification. The term refers both to ordinary combustion and to acts of intentional, often symbolic, destruction by fire.

Morphology HR/Ncfsa All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender f — Feminine — Feminine
Number s — Singular — Singular
State a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

Common Translation

Phrasethem

SIBI-P1 Translation H8316-03

for burning

Morphological NotesPreposition ל ("to/for") + feminine singular absolute noun שְׂרֵפָה.
Rendering RationaleThe feminine singular noun שְׂרֵפָה denotes the act or result of burning from the root שרף. The prefixed ל marks purpose or direction, yielding "for burning," which preserves both the root meaning and the singular feminine form.

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