Isaiah 14:12:3Isa.14.12.W3TAB
מִשָּׁמַ֖יִם
mishshamayim
“from the heavens”
- Transliteration
- mish-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- mihsh-shaa-MAH-yihm
- IPA
- /miʃ.ʃaːˈma.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the heavens
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
mish-sha-MA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
na-FAL-ta mish-sha-MA-yim
- clause
EKH na-FAL-ta mish-sha-MA-yim he-LEL ben-SHA-khar
- sentence
EKH na-FAL-ta mish-sha-MA-yim he-LEL ben-SHA-khar nig-DA-ta la-A-rets kho-LESH al-GO-yim
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mishamayim {מִשָּׁמַיִם | miš-šā-ma-yim} ‘from the heavens’ contrasts the prior exalted condition.
In context — Isaiah 14:12
How you have fallen from the heavens, O shining one , son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, you who laid low the nations.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Isaiah 14:12, so the Hebrew word מִשָּׁמַ֖יִם (mishshamayim) 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.14.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.12.W3.S1) and character.