- Original: זפת - Transliteration: Zepheth - Phonetic: zeh'-feth - Definition: 1. pitch, tar, asphalt - Origin: from an unused root (meaning to liquify) - TWOT entry: 572 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From an unused root (meaning to liquify); asphalt (from its tendency to soften in the sun): - pitch. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • pitch, 3 Exodus 2:3; Isaiah 34:9(2)