Isaiah 14:24:1Isa.14.24.W1TAB
נִשְׁבַּ֛ע
nishba
“has sworn”
- Transliteration
- nish-BA
- Extended
- nihsh-BAH
- IPA
- /niʃˈbaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- has sworn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nish-BA
- clause
nish-BA ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT le-MOR
- sentence
nish-BA ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT le-MOR im-LO ka-a-SHER dim-mi-TI KEN ha-ya-TA ve-kha-a-SHER ya-ats-TI HI ta-KUM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the Niphal perfect verb nishba {נִשְׁבַּ֛ע | niš-ba‘} ‘he swore’, framing a solemn prophetic pledge.
Root and etymology
sh-b-ʿshin–beth–ayin
“to swear, take an oath”
In context — Isaiah 14:24
The LORD of hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have thought, so it happens; and as I have purposed , so it will stand.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 14:24, so the Hebrew word נִשְׁבַּ֛ע (nishba) 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.14.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.24.W1.S1) and character.