Isaiah 14:23:2Isa.14.23.W2TAB
לְמוֹרַ֥שׁ
lemorash
“for a possession”
- Transliteration
- le-mo-RASH
- Extended
- leh-moh-RASH
- IPA
- /ləmɔːˈraʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for a possession
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-mo-RASH
- phraseyour reading level
le-mo-RASH kip-POD
- clause
ve-sam-TI-ha le-mo-RASH kip-POD ve-ag-ME-MA-yim
- sentence
ve-sam-TI-ha le-mo-RASH kip-POD ve-ag-ME-MA-yim ve-te-TE-TI-ha be-mat-a-TE ha-she-MED ne-UM ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT
Exegesis
The first clause begins with vesamtiha {וְשַׂמְתִּ֛יהָ | wə-śam-tî-ṯî-hā} ‘and I will make her’, governing two coordinated prepositional phrases: lemorash {לְמוֹרַ֥שׁ | lə-mō-raš} ‘for a possession for the hedgehog’ and agmei-mayim {אַגְמֵי־מָיִם | ʾag-mê-i-mā-yim} ‘marshes of water’, which together depict thorough ruin.
In context — Isaiah 14:23
And I will make her a possession for the hedgehog , and for marshes of water; and I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction, declares the LORD of hosts .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 14:23, so the Hebrew word לְמוֹרַ֥שׁ (lemorash) 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.14.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.23.W2.S1) and character.