Isaiah 14:25:1Isa.14.25.W1TAB
לִשְׁבֹּ֤ר
lishbor
“to break”
- Transliteration
- lish-BOR
- Extended
- lihsh-BOHR
- IPA
- /liʃˈboːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to break
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lish-BOR
- phraseyour reading level
lish-BOR a-SHUR
- clause
lish-BOR a-SHUR be-ar-TSI ve-al-ha-RAI a-vu-se-NU
- sentence
lish-BOR a-SHUR be-ar-TSI ve-al-ha-RAI a-vu-se-NU ve-SAR me-a-le-HEM u-LO ve-su-vo-LO me-AL shikh-MO ya-SUR
Exegesis
The verse opens with the infinitive construct lisbor {לִשְׁבֹּר | liš-bôr} “to break,” functioning as a purpose clause with implicit divine subject.
Root and etymology
shin–bet–resh
“to break, shatter”
In context — Isaiah 14:25
I will break the Assyrian within my land and on my mountains trample him; then his yoke will depart from them, and his burden will be removed from their shoulders.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 14:25, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁבֹּ֤ר (lishbor) 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.14.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.25.W1.S1) and character.