Isaiah 13:14:2Isa.13.14.W2TAB
כִּצְבִ֣י
kitsvi
“like a gazelle”
- Transliteration
- kits-vi
- Extended
- kihts-VE
- IPA
- /kitsˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- like a gazelle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kits-vi
- phraseyour reading level
kits-vi mu-DAKH
- clause
ve-ha-YA kits-vi mu-DAKH u-khe-TSON ve-EN me-ka-BETS
- sentence
ve-ha-YA kits-vi mu-DAKH u-khe-TSON ve-EN me-ka-BETS ISH el-A-mo yif-NU ve-ISH el-ar-TSO ya-NU-su
Exegesis
Two balanced similes follow: kitsvi mudakh {כִּצְבִ֣י מֻדָּ֔ח | kiṣḇî muddāḥ} ‘like a gazelle driven away’ and uketson ve-ein mekabets {וּכְצֹ֖אן וְאֵ֣ין מְקַבֵּ֑ץ | ûḵəṣōʾn wə-ʾên məqabbēṣ} ‘and like sheep with no gatherer’.
Root and etymology
RootTsade, Bet, Yod
“beauty, gazelle”
In context — Isaiah 13:14
And it will be like a gazelle driven away , and like sheep with no one to gather them; each man will turn back to his own people, and each will flee to his own land.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 13:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 13:14, so the Hebrew word כִּצְבִ֣י (kitsvi) 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 Isa.13.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.13.14.W2.S1) and character.