Isaiah 14:13:10Isa.14.13.W10TAB
וְאֵשֵׁ֥ב
veeshev
“and I will sit”
- Transliteration
- ve-e-SHEV
- Extended
- veh-ee-SHEEV
- IPA
- /vəʔeːˈʃeːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will sit
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
ve-e-SHEV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-e-SHEV be-har-mo-ED
- clause
ve-e-SHEV be-har-mo-ED be-yar-ke-TE tsa-FON
- sentence
ve-a-TA a-MAR-ta bil-le-VAV-kha ha-sha-MA-yim e-e-le mim-MA-al le-kho-khve-EL a-RIM kis-I ve-e-SHEV be-har-mo-ED be-yar-ke-TE tsa-FON
Exegesis
The conjunction ve’eshev {וְאֵשֵׁ֥ב | wə-’ē-šēḇ} “and I will sit” combined with behar-mo‘ed {בְּהַר־מוֹעֵ֖ד | bə-har mō-‘ēḏ} “on the mountain of assembly” and beyarketei tsafon {בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֥י צָפֽוֹן | bə-ya-rĕk-tey ṣā-ṗōn} “in the far reaches of north” completes the chiastic structure heightening rhetorical impact.
In context — Isaiah 14:13
But you said in your heart, “To the heavens I will ascend; above the stars of God I will lift up my throne; I will sit on the mountain of assembly , in the far reaches of the north.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:13:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Isaiah 14:13, so the Hebrew word וְאֵשֵׁ֥ב (veeshev) 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.14.13.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.13.W10.S1) and character.