Isaiah 14:16:4Isa.14.16.W4TAB
אֵלֶ֖יךָ
elekha
“to you”
- Transliteration
- E-le-KHA
- Extended
- EE-leh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʔeː.lɛˈxɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to you
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
E-le-KHA
- clause
ro-e-KHA E-le-KHA yash-ge-KHI-khu E-le-KHA yit-bo-NA-nu
- sentence
ro-e-KHA E-le-KHA yash-ge-KHI-khu E-le-KHA yit-bo-NA-nu ha-ZEH ha-ISH mar-GIZ ha-A-rets mar-ISH mam-la-KHOT
Exegesis
The clause begins with the substantival participle roekha {רֹאֶיךָ | rōʾēḵā} ‘those seeing you’ as the subject group, immediately oriented toward the addressee by elekha {אֵלֶיךָ | ʾēlēḵā} ‘to you’.
The repetition of elekha {אֵלֶיךָ | ʾēlēḵā} after yashgichu {יַשְׁגִּיחוּ | yašgîḥû} ‘they will look intently’ creates rhetorical focus: all attention is directed at “you.” The sequence of imperfects (yashgichu ...
In context — Isaiah 14:16
Those who see you will fix their gaze on you; they will study you, saying, “Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms ?”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 14:16, so the Hebrew word אֵלֶ֖יךָ (elekha) 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.14.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.16.W4.S1) and character.