Isaiah 14:2:13Isa.14.2.W13TAB
שֹׁבִ֣ים
shovim
“taking captive”
- Transliteration
- sho-VIM
- Extended
- shoh-VEEM
- IPA
- /ʃoːˈviːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- taking captive
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sho-VIM
- phraseyour reading level
sho-VIM le-sho-VE-hem
- clause
ve-ha-YU sho-VIM le-sho-VE-hem ve-ra-DU be-nog-se-HEM
- sentence
u-le-ka-KHUM a-MIM ve-he-vi-UM el-me-ko-MAM ve-hit-na-kha-LUM BET-yis-ra-EL AL ad-MAT ye-ho-VAH la-va-dim ve-lish-fa-KHOT ve-ha-YU sho-VIM le-sho-VE-hem ve-ra-DU be-nog-se-HEM
Exegesis
In the reversal section, the perfect vehayu {وְהָיוּ֙ | və-ḥā-yû} ‘and they shall become’ precedes the participle shovim {שֹׁבִ֣ים | šō-wîm} ‘captors’ with the benefactive leshoveihem {לְשֹֽׁבֵיהֶ֔ם | lə-šō-wê-hêm} ‘to their captors’, and the perfect veradu {וְרָד֖וּ | və-rā-ḏû} ‘and they shall rule’ precedes benogsehem {בְּנֹגְשֵׂיהֶֽם | bē-nō-ḡĕ-še-hêm} ‘over their oppressors’, forming a chiastic reversal that emphasizes Israel’s restoration of authority.
Root and etymology
š-b-hshin-bet-heh
“to capture, take captive”
In context — Isaiah 14:2
The peoples will pick them up and escort them to their place, and the house of Israel will take possession of them in the land of the LORD as servants and maidservants; and they will take captive those who once held them captive, and they will govern their oppressors .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:2:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Isaiah 14:2, so the Hebrew word שֹׁבִ֣ים (shovim) 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.14.2.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.2.W13.S1) and character.