Isaiah 13:16:2Isa.13.16.W2TAB
יְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּ
yeruttshu
“will be dashed to pieces”
- Transliteration
- ye-rut-TSHU
- Extended
- yeh-ruht-TSHOO
- IPA
- /jəruʈːˈʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- will be dashed to pieces
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-rut-TSHU
- 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 Hoph‘al imperfect yeruttsu {יְרֻטְּשׁוּ | yə-ru-ṭə-šû} conveys crushing violence, while the prepositional phrase le-einehem {לְעֵינֵיהֶם | lə-ʿê-nei-hêm} ‘before their eyes’ heightens the horror of direct witness.
Root and etymology
Root
“dash to pieces, crush”
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 13:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 13:16, so the Hebrew word יְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּ (yeruttshu) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.13.16.W2.S1) and character.