2 Samuel 22:3:62 Sam.22.3.W6TAB
יִשְׁעִ֗י
yishe
“my salvation”
- Transliteration
- yish-E
- Extended
- yihsh-EH
- IPA
- /jiʃˈʕiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my salvation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yish-E
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KE-ren yish-E
- clause
ma-GIN-ni ve-KE-ren yish-E mis-ga-BI u-me-nu-SI mo-shi-I me-kha-MAS to-shi-E-ni
- sentence
e-lo-HE TSU-ri e-khe-SE-VO ma-GIN-ni ve-KE-ren yish-E mis-ga-BI u-me-nu-SI mo-shi-I me-kha-MAS to-shi-E-ni
Exegesis
A paratactic series—maginni {מָגִנִּי | mā-gin-nî} ‘my shield,’ vekeren yish‘i {וְקֶרֶן יִשְׁעִי | wə-qe-ren yiš-‘î} ‘horn of my salvation,’ misgabi {מִשְׂגַּבִּי | mis-gabbî} ‘my stronghold,’ umenusi {וּמְנוּסִי | u-me-nû-sî} ‘my refuge,’ and moshi‘i {מֹשִׁעִי | mō-šî-ʿî} ‘my savior’—builds a crescendo of metaphors.
Root and etymology
RootYod–Shin–Ayin
“to save, deliver”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:3
My God is my rock; in Him I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation , my stronghold, my refuge, and my savior—You save me from violence.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 22:3, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁעִ֗י (yishe) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.22.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.3.W6.S1) and character.