Isaiah 13:16:4Isa.13.16.W4TAB
יִשַּׁ֙סּוּ֙
yishsasu
“they will plunder”
- Transliteration
- yish-sa-SU
- Extended
- yihsh-sah-SOO
- IPA
- /jiʃ.saˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they will plunder
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yish-sa-SU
- clause
yish-sa-SU ba-te-HEM u-ne-she-HEM te-she-gal-NA tish-ka-VNA
- 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 Pi‘el imperfect yishassu {יִשַּׁסּוּ | yiš-šas-sû} intensifies forceful plundering of bateihem {בָּתֵּיהֶם | bā-tei-hêm} ‘their houses’.
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 13:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 13:16, so the Hebrew word יִשַּׁ֙סּוּ֙ (yishsasu) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.13.16.W4.S1) and character.