se.re.phah denotes fire or burning, including burning materials, ritual burning, and fires connected with honor or destruction.

The term denotes fire or burning across concrete settings: bricks are burned in Genesis 11:3, material is cast into the burning of a heifer in Numbers 19:6, and a great fire is made in honor of the dead in 2 Chronicles 16:14. Other clear clauses place it amid lament over burning, a brand taken from fire, and a mountain made burned.

1. Fire or burning in varied concrete settings · dominant

   The singular noun occurs where bricks are to be burned in Genesis 11:3, where Israel weeps for the burning in Leviticus 10:6, and where cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet yarn are thrown into the burning of the heifer in Numbers 19:6. In 2 Chronicles 16:14 the APB renders a great fire made in a king's honor, while Amos 4:11 describes a brand plucked from the fire; these clauses show the same term used for burning or fire in material, ritual, memorial, and destructive scenes.

   Genesis 11:3Leviticus 10:6Numbers 19:6Numbers 19:172 Chronicles 16:14Amos 4:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term through expressions including “burn them thoroughly,” “the burning,” “a very great fire,” and “a brand plucked from the fire.” These renderings confirm the surrounding scenes rather than establish a separate meaning in each verse.