Isaiah 14:1:13Isa.14.1.W13TAB
וְנִסְפְּח֖וּ
venispekhu
“and they will attach themselves”
- Transliteration
- ve-nis-pe-KHU
- Extended
- veh-nihs-peh-KHOO
- IPA
- /vənis.pəˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will attach themselves
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-nis-pe-KHU
- clause
ve-nil-VA ha-GER a-le-HEM ve-nis-pe-KHU al-BET ya-a-KOV
- sentence
KI ye-ra-KHEM Ye-ho-VAH ET-ya-a-KOV u-va-KHAR OD be-yis-ra-EL ve-hin-ni-KHAM al-ad-ma-TAM ve-nil-VA ha-GER a-le-HEM ve-nis-pe-KHU al-BET ya-a-KOV
Exegesis
Parallel Nifal forms venillivah {וְנִלְוָ֤ה | wə-nil-lə-wā} ‘and He will join Himself’ and venispechu {וְנִסְפְּח֖וּ | wə-nis-pə-ḥû} ‘and they will be joined’ depict inclusion of the sojourner hager {הַגֵּר֙ | ha-ḡēr} ‘resident foreigner’.
In context — Isaiah 14:1
For the LORD will show mercy to Jacob; He will choose Israel again and bring them back to their own land. The sojourner will attach himself to them, and they will be joined to the house of Jacob.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:1:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Isaiah 14:1, so the Hebrew word וְנִסְפְּח֖וּ (venispekhu) 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.14.1.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.1.W13.S1) and character.