Isaiah 14:29:5Isa.14.29.W5TAB
נִשְׁבַּ֖ר
nishbar
“is broken”
- Transliteration
- nish-BA-r
- Extended
- nihsh-BAH-r
- IPA
- /niʃˈbar/
Meaning by language
- English
- is broken
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nish-BA-r
- phraseyour reading level
KI nish-BA-r
- clause
al-tis-me-KHI pe-LE-shet ku-LEKH KI nish-BA-r SHE-vet ma-KEKH
- sentence
al-tis-me-KHI pe-LE-shet ku-LEKH KI nish-BA-r SHE-vet ma-KEKH ki-mish-SHO-resh na-KHASH ye-TSE TSE-fa u-fir-YO sa-RAF me-o-FEF
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces the cause clause, where the niphal perfect nishbar {נִשְׁבַּר | nišbar} ‘was broken’ signifies the end of the oppressive shevet {שֵׁבֶט | šeḇeṭ} ‘rod’.
Root and etymology
ש־ב־רsh–b–r
“to break”
In context — Isaiah 14:29
Do not rejoice, Philistia, all of you, because the rod of your smiter is broken; for from the root of the serpent will come out a viper, and its offspring will be a flying fiery serpent.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 14:29, so the Hebrew word נִשְׁבַּ֖ר (nishbar) 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.14.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.29.W5.S1) and character.