Isaiah 14:2:6Isa.14.2.W6TAB
בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
betyisrael
“the house of Israel”
- Transliteration
- BET-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- BEET-yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /beːt.jis.raːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the house of Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
BET-yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hit-na-kha-LUM BET-yis-ra-EL
- clause
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
- 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
Next, vehitnachalum {וְהִֽתְנַחֲל֣וּם | və-hit-na-ḥa-lûm} in the Hitpael stem ‘and they shall possess themselves as an inheritance’ links to the subject beit-yisrael {בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | bēt-yiś-rā-ʾēl} and locative al admat YHWH {עַ֚ל אַדְמַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה | ʿal ʾaḏ-maṯ yə-hō-wāh}, marking a covenantal land grant.
Root and etymology
ב־י־ת
“house”
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 14:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 14:2, so the Hebrew word בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (betyisrael) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.2.W6.S1) and character.