מִשְׂרָפָה
misrafa · burning
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4955 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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misrafa (מִשְׂרָפָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “burning”.
A burning, what is burned until it turns to lime.
How to say it
mis·ra·fa
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A fire that consumes: stone turned to lime, or a fire honoring a dead king.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Isaiah 33:12
And peoples will be burnings of lime, thornbushes cut down, in the fire they will be set ablaze.
- Jeremiah 34:5
In peace you will die; and as with the burnings for your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so they will burn for you, and ‘Alas, lord!’ they will lament for you; for I have spoken the word, declares YHWH.”