Isaiah 13:5:3Isa.13.5.W3TAB
מֶרְחָ֖ק
merkhak
“far away”
- Transliteration
- mer-khak
- Extended
- mehr-khaak
- IPA
- /mɛrˈħaːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- far away
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mer-khak
- phraseyour reading level
me-E-rets mer-khak
- clause
ba-IM me-E-rets mer-khak mik-TSE ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
ba-IM me-E-rets mer-khak mik-TSE ha-sha-MA-yim Ye-ho-VAH u-khe-LE za-e-MO le-kha-BEL KAL-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The participle ba’im {בָּאִים | bāʼîm} ‘they come’ initiates the verse, marking ongoing arrival, with the prepositional construct meerets {מֵאֶרֶץ | mēʾereṣ} ‘from land’ followed by merchak {מֶרְחָק | merḥāq} ‘distance’ to intensify foreignness.
In context — Isaiah 13:5
They come from a distant land, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the instruments of His indignation, to destroy all the land.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 13:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Isaiah 13:5, so the Hebrew word מֶרְחָ֖ק (merkhak) 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.13.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.13.5.W3.S1) and character.