Isaiah 13:19:2Isa.13.19.W2TAB
בָבֶל֙
vavel
“Babylon”
- Transliteration
- va-VEL
- Extended
- vaa-VEL
- IPA
- /vaːˈvɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Babylon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
va-VEL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-ye-TA va-VEL
- clause
ve-ha-ye-TA va-VEL tse-VI mam-la-KHOT tif-e-RET ge-ON kas-dim
- sentence
ve-ha-ye-TA va-VEL tse-VI mam-la-KHOT tif-e-RET ge-ON kas-dim ke-ma-pe-KHAT e-lo-HIM et-se-DOM ve-et-a-mo-RA
Exegesis
The clause opens with vehayetah {וְהָיְתָ֤ה | wə-hā-yə-tāh} ‘and it will be,’ where a perfect form is used in prophetic discourse with future force, linking the statement to the preceding oracle and setting a forward-looking outcome for the feminine subject bavel {בָבֶל֙ | bā-ḇel} ‘Babylon.’
Root and etymology
consonantsbet–lamed–lamed
“to mix, confuse”
In context — Isaiah 13:19
And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the splendor of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be like the overthrow by God of Sodom and Gomorrah.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 13:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 13:19, so the Hebrew word בָבֶל֙ (vavel) 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.13.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.13.19.W2.S1) and character.