And the streams
nachal (nakh'-al)
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine) -- brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
thereof shall be turned
haphak (haw-fak')
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
into pitch
zepheth (zeh'-feth)
asphalt (from its tendency to soften in the sun) -- pitch.
and the dust
`aphar (aw-fawr')
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud -- ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
thereof into brimstone
gophriyth (gof-reeth')
cypress-resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable) -- brimstone.
and the land
'erets (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
thereof shall become burning
ba`ar (baw-ar')
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); also to be(-come) brutish
pitch
zepheth (zeh'-feth)
asphalt (from its tendency to soften in the sun) -- pitch.
