Isaiah 14:20:4Isa.14.20.W4TAB

כִּֽי־אַרְצְךָ֥

kiartsekha

“because your land”

Transliteration: ki-AR-tse-kha
Extended: KEE-AHR-tseh-khaa
IPA: /kiː.ʔarˈtsə.xaː/

Meaning by language

English: because your land

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

כִּֽי + אַרְ + צְ + ךָ֥

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ki + ar + tse + kha

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kiartsekha

Alphabet Analysis

	Kaf	k with dagesh; kh without
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Tsade	ts as in cats
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Kaf Sofit	final form of Kaf — at word end
	Qamets	long 'ah'

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Word in context

word
ki-AR-tse-kha
phraseyour reading level
ki-AR-tse-kha shi-KHAT-ta
clause
lo-te-KHAD i-TAM bik-vu-RA ki-AR-tse-kha shi-KHAT-ta am-ME-kha ha-RAG-ta
sentence
lo-te-KHAD i-TAM bik-vu-RA ki-AR-tse-kha shi-KHAT-ta am-ME-kha ha-RAG-ta lo-yik-ka-RE le-o-LAM ZE-ra me-re-IM

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ introduces a parallel judicial indictment of artsekha {אַרְצְךָ | ʾarṣəḵā} ‘your land’ with the Piel perfect shikhatta {שִׁחַתָּ | šīḥattā} ‘you have destroyed’, and ammekha {עַמְּךָ | ʿammeḵā} ‘your people’ with the Qal perfect haragtta {הָרָגְתָּ | hāragttā} ‘you have slain’.

In context — Isaiah 14:20

You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have ruined your land and slaughtered your people; the seed of evildoers will never be named for ever.

About this coordinate

Isaiah 14:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 14:20, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־אַרְצְךָ֥ (kiartsekha) 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.14.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.20.W4.S1) and character.

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