Isaiah 14:12:4Isa.14.12.W4TAB
הֵילֵ֣ל
helel
“shining one”
- Transliteration
- he-LEL
- Extended
- heh-LEHL
- IPA
- /heːˈleːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- shining one
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-LEL
- phraseyour reading level
he-LEL ben-SHA-khar
- 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 compound title helel ben-shachar {הֵילֵל בֶּן־שָׁחַר | hê-lêl ben-šaḥar} ‘shining one, son of the dawn’ employs construct-state syntax for celestial imagery.
Root and etymology
h-l-lheh–lamed–lamed
“to shine”
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 14:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 14:12, so the Hebrew word הֵילֵ֣ל (helel) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.12.W4.S1) and character.