Isaiah 14:11:2Isa.14.11.W2TAB
שְׁא֛וֹל
sheol
“to Sheol”
- Transliteration
- she-OL
- Extended
- sheh-OHL
- IPA
- /ʃəˈʔoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Sheol
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-OL
- phraseyour reading level
hu-RAD she-OL
- clause
hu-RAD she-OL ge-o-NE-kha hem-yaT ne-va-LE-kha
- 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 verse begins with hurad {הוּרַ֥ד | hû-rāḏ} ‘has been brought down’, a Hofal perfect conveying passive state, followed by the coordinated nouns Sheol {שְׁאוֹל | šəʾōl} ‘Sheol’, geonekha {גְּאוֹנֶ֖ךָ | gəʾôneḵā} ‘your pride’, and hemyat nevalekha {הֶמְיַ֣ת נְבָלֶיךָ | hem-yāṯ nəḇāləḵā} ‘noise of your stringed instruments’ without conjunction, producing cumulative humiliation.
Root and etymology
ש־א־ל
“underworld”
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 14:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 14:11, so the Hebrew word שְׁא֛וֹל (sheol) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.11.W2.S1) and character.