Isaiah 13:16:3Isa.13.16.W3TAB
לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם
leenehem
“before their eyes”
- Transliteration
- le-e-ne-HEM
- Extended
- leh-ee-neh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ləʕeː.neːˈheːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- before their eyes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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
le-e-ne-HEM
- 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.
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 13:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Isaiah 13:16, so the Hebrew word לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם (leenehem) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.13.16.W3.S1) and character.