Isaiah 13:20:2Isa.13.20.W2TAB
לָנֶ֔צַח
lanetsakh
“forever”
- Transliteration
- la-NE-tsakh
- Extended
- laa-NEH-tsahkh
- IPA
- /laːˈnɛ.tsɑħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- forever
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-NE-tsakh
- phraseyour reading level
lo-te-SHEV la-NE-tsakh
- clause
lo-te-SHEV la-NE-tsakh ve-LO tish-ke-KHON ad-DOR va-DOR
- sentence
lo-te-SHEV la-NE-tsakh ve-LO tish-ke-KHON ad-DOR va-DOR ve-lo-ya-HEL SHAM a-ra-VI ve-ro-IM lo-yar-BI-tsu SHAM
Exegesis
The first pair of clauses employs the Qal imperfect verbs teshev {תֵשֵׁב | te-šêḇ} ‘dwell’ and tishkon {תִשְׁכֹּן | tiš-qōn} ‘abide’, modified by the temporal expressions lanetsach {לָנֶצַח | lā-nê-ṣāḥ} ‘forever’ and ad dor va-dor {עַד־דּוֹר וָדֹר | ʿad dōr wā-dōr} ‘from generation to generation’, reinforcing ongoing uninhabitability.
In context — Isaiah 13:20
She shall never be inhabited, and she shall not be settled from generation to generation; neither shall an Arab pitch a tent there, nor shall shepherds make their flocks lie down there.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 13:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 13:20, so the Hebrew word לָנֶ֔צַח (lanetsakh) 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.13.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.13.20.W2.S1) and character.