Isaiah 14:23:7Isa.14.23.W7TAB
הַשְׁמֵ֔ד
hashemed
“of destruction”
- Transliteration
- ha-she-MED
- Extended
- hah-sheh-MEHD
- IPA
- /haʃməˈmɛːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- of destruction
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
ha-she-MED
- phraseyour reading level
be-mat-a-TE ha-she-MED
- clause
ve-te-TE-TI-ha be-mat-a-TE ha-she-MED ne-UM ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT
- 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 second clause, introduced by vete’ate’tiha {וְטֵֽאטֵאתִ֙יהָ֙ | wə-ṭē-ʾă-ṭê-ṯî-hā} ‘and I will sweep her’, is followed by the instrumental phrase bematate ha-shmed {בְּמַטְאֲטֵ֣א הַשְׁמֵ֔ד | bə-mat-ă-ṭê-ʾ ha-šmê-ḏ} ‘with the broom of destruction’, emphasizing complete removal.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–dalet
“destruction”
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 14:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Isaiah 14:23, so the Hebrew word הַשְׁמֵ֔ד (hashemed) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.23.W7.S1) and character.