Isaiah 14:20:5Isa.14.20.W5TAB
שִׁחַ֖תָּ
shikhatta
“you have ruined or destroyed”
- Transliteration
- shi-KHAT-ta
- Extended
- shih-KHAT-taa
- IPA
- /ʃiˈħat.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you have ruined or destroyed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shi-KHAT-ta
- 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’.
Root and etymology
š-ḥ-tshin–ḥet–tav
“to destroy, corrupt”
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 14:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 14:20, so the Hebrew word שִׁחַ֖תָּ (shikhatta) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.20.W5.S1) and character.