Isaiah 13:21:3Isa.13.21.W3TAB
וּמָלְא֥וּ
umaleu
“and they will fill”
- Transliteration
- u-mal-EU
- Extended
- oo-maal-EE-oo
- IPA
- /uːmɔːlˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will fill
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
u-mal-EU
- phraseyour reading level
u-mal-EU va-TE-hem
- 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 13:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Isaiah 13:21, so the Hebrew word וּמָלְא֥וּ (umaleu) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.13.21.W3.S1) and character.