Isaiah 14:15:2Isa.14.15.W2TAB
אֶל־שְׁא֛וֹל
elsheol
“to Sheol”
- Transliteration
- el-she-OL
- Extended
- ehl-sheh-OHL
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʃəˈʔoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Sheol
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
el-she-OL
- phraseyour reading level
AKH el-she-OL
- sentence
AKH el-she-OL tu-RAD el-yar-ke-TE-VO-RAKH
Exegesis
A climactic parallelism emerges through the double directional frame of el-sheʾol {אֶל־שְׁאוֹל | ʾel-šəʾōl} ‘to Sheol’ and el-yarketei {אֶל־יַרְכְּתֵי־ | ʾel-yar-kəṯ-ê} ‘to the sides’, with bor {בֽוֹר׃ | bôr} ‘pit’ completing the construct chain to heighten the sense of extreme descent.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–aleph–lamed
“ask, inquire”
In context — Isaiah 14:15
Nevertheless, you will be brought down to Sheol , to the farthest reaches of the pit.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 14:15, so the Hebrew word אֶל־שְׁא֛וֹל (elsheol) 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.14.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.15.W2.S1) and character.