Hosea 13:14:11Hos.13.14.W11TAB
שְׁא֔וֹל
sheol
“O Sheol”
- Transliteration
- she-OL
- Extended
- sheh-OHL
- IPA
- /ʃəˈʔoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- O Sheol
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-OL
- clause
e-HI de-va-RE-kha MA-vet e-HI ka-TAV-kha she-OL NO-kham yis-sa-TER me-e-NAI
- sentence
mi-YAD she-OL ef-DEM mi-MA-vet eg-a-LEM e-HI de-va-RE-kha MA-vet e-HI ka-TAV-kha she-OL NO-kham yis-sa-TER me-e-NAI
Exegesis
The verse is a tightly structured prophetic declaration initiated by the fronted prepositional phrases misheol {מִשְּׁאוֹל | miš-šə-ʾōl} ‘from Sheol’ and mimmavet {מִמָּוֶת | mim-mā-weṯ} ‘from death,’ which emphasize the realms from which deliverance is proclaimed.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–aleph–lamed
“to ask, demand”
In context — Hosea 13:14
I will ransom them from Sheol ; I will redeem them from death. O Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your destruction ? Compassion will be hidden from My eyes.
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:14:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Hosea 13:14, so the Hebrew word שְׁא֔וֹל (sheol) 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 Hos.13.14.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.14.W11.S1) and character.