Isaiah 14:12:5Isa.14.12.W5TAB
בֶּן־שָׁ֑חַר
benshakhar
“son of dawn”
- Transliteration
- ben-SHA-khar
- Extended
- behn-SHAH-khahr
- IPA
- /bɛn.ʃaːˈħar/
Meaning by language
- English
- son of dawn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ben-SHA-khar
- 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
sh-ḥ-rshin–chet–resh
“dawn”
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 14:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 14:12, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־שָׁ֑חַר (benshakhar) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.12.W5.S1) and character.