Isaiah 13:21:6Isa.13.21.W6TAB
וְשָׁ֤כְנוּ
veshakhnu
“and they will dwell”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-KHNU
- Extended
- veh-shaa-KHEH-noo
- IPA
- /vəʃɔːχəˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will dwell
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-sha-KHNU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sha-KHNU SHAM
- clause
ve-sha-KHNU SHAM be-NOT ya-a-NA u-se-i-RIM ye-rak-KE-DU-SHAM
- 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 13:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 13:21, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁ֤כְנוּ (veshakhnu) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.13.21.W6.S1) and character.