Isaiah 14:22:7Isa.14.22.W7TAB
לְבָבֶ֜ל
levavel
“from Babylon”
- Transliteration
- le-va-VEL
- Extended
- leh-vah-VEHL
- IPA
- /ləvɒːˈvɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- from Babylon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
le-va-VEL
- 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.
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 14:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Isaiah 14:22, so the Hebrew word לְבָבֶ֜ל (levavel) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.22.W7.S1) and character.