Isaiah 14:13:6Isa.14.13.W6TAB
מִמַּ֥עַל
mimmaal
“above”
- Transliteration
- mim-MA-al
- Extended
- mihm-MA-ah l
- IPA
- /mimˈma.ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- above
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mim-MA-al
- phraseyour reading level
mim-MA-al le-kho-khve-EL
- clause
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
- 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 prepositional pair mima‘al lekokhvei-’el {מִמַּ֥עַל לְכֽוֹכְבֵי־אֵ֖ל | mi-ma-‘āl lə-ḵok-hĕ-vê-’ĕl} “from above to stars of God” constructs a vertical spatial hierarchy.
Root and etymology
ayin–waw–lamed
“yoke”
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 14:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 14:13, so the Hebrew word מִמַּ֥עַל (mimmaal) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.13.W6.S1) and character.