Isaiah 13:14:6Isa.13.14.W6TAB
מְקַבֵּ֑ץ
mekabets
“one gathering”
- Transliteration
- me-ka-BETS
- Extended
- meh-kah-BEETS
- IPA
- /məqaˈbːeːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- one gathering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-ka-BETS
- phraseyour reading level
ve-EN me-ka-BETS
- 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
RootQof, Bet, Tsade
“to gather”
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 13:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 13:14, so the Hebrew word מְקַבֵּ֑ץ (mekabets) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.13.14.W6.S1) and character.