Isaiah 13:21:1Isa.13.21.W1TAB
וְרָבְצוּ־שָׁ֣ם
veravtsusham
“and they will lie down there”
- Transliteration
- ve-rav-TSU-SHAM
- Extended
- veh-raav-TSOO-SHAAM
- IPA
- /vərɔːvˈtsuːˈʃɔːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will lie down there
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-rav-TSU-SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-rav-TSU-SHAM tsi-YIM
- clause
ve-rav-TSU-SHAM tsi-YIM u-mal-EU va-TE-hem o-KHIM
- sentence
ve-rav-TSU-SHAM tsi-YIM u-mal-EU va-TE-hem o-KHIM ve-sha-KHNU SHAM be-NOT ya-a-NA u-se-i-RIM ye-rak-KE-DU-SHAM
Exegesis
The verse employs a triadic sequence of vav-consecutive perfect verbs—veravtzu-sham {וְרָבְצוּ־שָׁם | wə-rā-ḇə-ṣû-šām} ‘and they will lie down there’, umal’u {וּמָלְאוּ | u-mā-lə-ʾû} ‘and they will fill’, and veshakhnu {וְשָׁכְנוּ | wə-šā-ḵə-nû} ‘and they will dwell’—each followed by the locative sham {שָׁם | šām} reinforcing a desolate setting.
In context — Isaiah 13:21
And wild creatures will lie down there, and their houses will be filled with shrieking creatures; ostriches will settle there, and satyrs will dance there.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 13:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 13:21, so the Hebrew word וְרָבְצוּ־שָׁ֣ם (veravtsusham) 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.13.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.13.21.W1.S1) and character.