Isaiah 13:16:7Isa.13.16.W7TAB
תשגלנה
teshegalna
“they will be violated”
- Transliteration
- te-she-gal-NA
- Extended
- teh-sheh-gahl-NAA
- IPA
- /təʃɣalˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they will be violated
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
te-she-gal-NA
- phraseyour reading level
te-she-gal-NA tish-ka-VNA
- 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
Finally, the Niphal imperfect tishgalnah {תִּשָּׁגַלְנָה | tiš-šā-gal-nā} depicts their wives as passive recipients of ravishment. The series of parallel verb clauses and English passive renderings preserves the Hebrew’s focus on the victims’ helplessness under divine judgment.
Root and etymology
Root
“to ravish, defile”
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 13:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Isaiah 13:16, so the Hebrew word תשגלנה (teshegalna) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.13.16.W7.S1) and character.