Isaiah 14:22:6Isa.14.22.W6TAB
וְהִכְרַתִּ֨י
vehikhratti
“and I will cut off”
- Transliteration
- ve-hikh-rat-TI
- Extended
- veh-hihkh-raht-TIH
- IPA
- /vəhixratˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will cut off
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hikh-rat-TI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hikh-rat-TI le-va-VEL
- clause
ve-hikh-rat-TI le-va-VEL SHEM u-she-AR ve-NIN va-NE-khed ne-UM-Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-kam-TI a-le-HEM ne-UM Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ve-hikh-rat-TI le-va-VEL SHEM u-she-AR ve-NIN va-NE-khed ne-UM-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive verb vĕ-hik-rā-tî {וְהִכְרַתִּי | vĕ-hik-rā-tî} ‘and I will cut off’ follows, with lə-bā-vel {לְבָבֶל | lə-bā-vel} ‘from Babylon’ marking the source locus.
Root and etymology
כ־ר־ת
“to cut down”
In context — Isaiah 14:22
“For I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of hosts , “and I will cut off from Babylon the name , and the remnant, and the descendant, and the posterity,” declares the LORD.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 14:22, so the Hebrew word וְהִכְרַתִּ֨י (vehikhratti) 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.14.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.22.W6.S1) and character.