Isaiah 14:10:7Isa.14.10.W7TAB
כָמ֖וֹנוּ
khamonu
“like us”
- Transliteration
- kha-MO-nu
- Extended
- khaa-MOH-noo
- IPA
- /xaːˈmoː.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- like us
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
kha-MO-nu
- phraseyour reading level
khu-LEI-ta kha-MO-nu
- clause
gam-A-ta khu-LEI-ta kha-MO-nu e-LEI-nu nim-shal-TA
- sentence
ku-LAM ya-a-NU ve-yo-me-RU e-LE-kha gam-A-ta khu-LEI-ta kha-MO-nu e-LEI-nu nim-shal-TA
Exegesis
The Pual perfect chuleita {חֻלֵּיתָ | ḥûlêytā} conveys intensive passive “become feeble,” and the following prepositional phrase kamonu eleinu {כָּמוֹנוּ אֵלֵינוּ | kāmōnû ʾêlênû} establishes comparison “like us.”
Root and etymology
k-m-hKaf–Mem–Heh
“like, as”
In context — Isaiah 14:10
All of them will respond and say to you, “You also have been made feeble like us; you have become similar to us.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Isaiah 14:10, so the Hebrew word כָמ֖וֹנוּ (khamonu) 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.14.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.10.W7.S1) and character.