זֶפֶת
zefet · pitch
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2203 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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zefet (זֶפֶת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “pitch”.
Thick tar that keeps water out.
How to say it
ze·fet
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 black, thick resin that keeps water out.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Exodus 2:3
When she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of papyrus, coated it with bitumen and with pitch, put the child in it, and set it among the reeds on the bank of the Nile.
- Isaiah 34:9
And its torrents will be turned into pitch, and its dust into sulfur, and its land will become burning pitch.
And 1 more times.