Isaiah 14:17:2Isa.14.17.W2TAB
תֵּבֵ֛ל
tevel
“the world”
- Transliteration
- te-VEL
- Extended
- teh-VEHL
- IPA
- /teːˈvɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the world
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
te-VEL
- phraseyour reading level
SAM te-VEL
- clause
SAM te-VEL kha-mid-BAR ve-a-RAV ha-RAS
- sentence
SAM te-VEL kha-mid-BAR ve-a-RAV ha-RAS a-si-RAV lo-FA-takh BAI-ta
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ka-mid-bār {כַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר | kă-mid-bār} ‘like a wilderness’ intensifies the scope of desolation, while the construct chain wə-‘ārāv {וְעָרָ֣יו | wə-‘ārāv} ‘and its cities’ directly ties urban ruin to the world (tēvél {תֵּבֵ֛ל | tēvél} ‘world’).
Root and etymology
ת־ב־ל
“inhabited world”
In context — Isaiah 14:17
He made the world a wilderness and destroyed its cities; he did not let his prisoners go home.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 14:17, so the Hebrew word תֵּבֵ֛ל (tevel) 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.14.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.17.W2.S1) and character.