Isaiah 14:1:8Isa.14.1.W8TAB
וְהִנִּיחָ֖ם
vehinnikham
“and he will set them, or give them rest”
- Transliteration
- ve-hin-ni-KHAM
- Extended
- veh-hihn-nee-KHAAHM
- IPA
- /vəhin.niˈħaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he will set them, or give them rest
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-hin-ni-KHAM
- clause
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
- 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
The Hifil perfect vehinnicham {וְהִנִּיחָ֖ם | wə-hin-nî-ḥām} ‘and He will settle them’ uses causative voice to place Israel on aladmatam {עַל־אַדְמָתָ֑ם | ʿal-ʾad-mā-tām} ‘their land’.
Root and etymology
consonantsNun–Vav–Chet
“to rest, settle”
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 14:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 14:1, so the Hebrew word וְהִנִּיחָ֖ם (vehinnikham) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.1.W8.S1) and character.