Isaiah 13:16:5Isa.13.16.W5TAB
בָּֽתֵּיהֶ֔ם
batehem
“their houses”
- Transliteration
- ba-te-HEM
- Extended
- baa-teh-HEEM
- IPA
- /baːtːeːˈheːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their houses
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ba-te-HEM
- 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 13:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 13:16, so the Hebrew word בָּֽתֵּיהֶ֔ם (batehem) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.13.16.W5.S1) and character.