Isaiah 14:15:4Isa.14.15.W4TAB
אֶל־יַרְכְּתֵי־בֽוֹר׃
elyarketevorakh
“to the recesses of a pit”
- Transliteration
- el-yar-ke-TE-VO-RAKH
- Extended
- ehl-yahr-keh-TEE-VOHR-AHKH
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.jar.kəˈt̪eː.voːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the recesses of a pit
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
el-yar-ke-TE-VO-RAKH
- 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
Rootbet–vav–resh
“pit, well”
In context — Isaiah 14:15
Nevertheless, you will be brought down to Sheol , to the farthest reaches of the pit.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 14:15, so the Hebrew word אֶל־יַרְכְּתֵי־בֽוֹר׃ (elyarketevorakh) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.15.W4.S1) and character.