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Genesis 19:24

וַ יהוָה הִמְטִיר עַל סְדֹם וְ עַל עֲמֹרָה גָּפְרִית וָ אֵשׁ מֵ אֵת יְהוָה מִן הַ שָּׁמָיִם
and Yahweh has caused to rain upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah gopher-wood-pitch682 and a fire from אֶת-Yahweh, from out of the Dual-Heavens.
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See note on Genesis 6:14. Strong’s #1614, gophrith occurs 7 times in Scripture. Speculated to be combustible wood pitch, brimstone. Notice the rare mark of accusative attached to Yahweh.