Isaiah 14:17:6Isa.14.17.W6TAB
אֲסִירָ֖יו
asirav
“his prisoners”
- Transliteration
- a-si-RAV
- Extended
- ah-sih-RAAV
- IPA
- /ʔăsiːˈraːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his prisoners
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-si-RAV
- clause
a-si-RAV lo-FA-takh BAI-ta
- sentence
SAM te-VEL kha-mid-BAR ve-a-RAV ha-RAS a-si-RAV lo-FA-takh BAI-ta
Exegesis
Positioning ’ă-sî-rāv {אֲסִירָ֖יו | ’ă-sî-rāv} ‘his prisoners’ before the negative lō-pā-ṭaḥ emphasizes the merciless refusal to liberate.
Root and etymology
א־ס־ר
“to bind, imprison”
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 14:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 14:17, so the Hebrew word אֲסִירָ֖יו (asirav) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.17.W6.S1) and character.