Isaiah 14:23:4Isa.14.23.W4TAB
וְאַגְמֵי־מָ֑יִם
veagmemayim
“and pools of water”
- Transliteration
- ve-ag-ME-MA-yim
- Extended
- veh-ahg-MEH-MAA-yihm
- IPA
- /vəʔagˈmeː.maːˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and pools of water
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ag-ME-MA-yim
- 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 14:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 14:23, so the Hebrew word וְאַגְמֵי־מָ֑יִם (veagmemayim) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.23.W4.S1) and character.