Isaiah 13:16:1Isa.13.16.W1TAB
וְעֹלְלֵיהֶ֥ם
veolehem
“and their little children”
- Transliteration
- ve-o-le-HEM
- Extended
- veh-oh-leh-HEEM
- IPA
- /vɛʕɔl.leːˈheːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and their little children
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-o-le-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-o-le-HEM ye-rut-TSHU
- clause
ve-o-le-HEM ye-rut-TSHU le-e-ne-HEM
- sentence
ve-o-le-HEM ye-rut-TSHU le-e-ne-HEM yish-sa-SU ba-te-HEM u-ne-she-HEM te-she-gal-NA tish-ka-VNA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-conjunction attached to ollelehem {וְעֹלְלֵיהֶם | wə-ʿol-lê-hêm} ‘their infants’, identifying the innocent victims.
Root and etymology
Root
“child, small one”
In context — Isaiah 13:16
And their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered, and their wives will be ravished .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 13:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 13:16, so the Hebrew word וְעֹלְלֵיהֶ֥ם (veolehem) 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.13.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.13.16.W1.S1) and character.