Isaiah 14:11:10Isa.14.11.W10TAB
תּוֹלֵעָֽה׃
tolea
“worm”
- Transliteration
- to-le-A
- Extended
- toh-LEH-aa
- IPA
- /toːlɛˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- worm
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
to-le-A
- clause
takh-TE-kha yu-TSa RIM-ma u-me-kha-SE-kha to-le-A
- sentence
hu-RAD she-OL ge-o-NE-kha hem-yaT ne-va-LE-kha takh-TE-kha yu-TSa RIM-ma u-me-kha-SE-kha to-le-A
Exegesis
The conjunctive participle umechasekha {וּמְכַסֶּיךָ | umeḥasseḵā} ‘and your covering’ forms a parallel clause with the nominal predicate toleah {תּוֹלֵעָה | tōlēʿāh} ‘worm’. The chiastic pairing of maggot and worm intensifies the theme of decay.
Root and etymology
ת־ו־ל־ע
“worm”
In context — Isaiah 14:11
Your pride is brought down to Sheol, together with the sound of your stringed instruments; a maggot is spread beneath you, and worms are your covering.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:11:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Isaiah 14:11, so the Hebrew word תּוֹלֵעָֽה׃ (tolea) 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.14.11.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.11.W10.S1) and character.