Isaiah 14:29:6Isa.14.29.W6TAB
שֵׁ֣בֶט
shevet
“rod or staff”
- Transliteration
- SHE-vet
- Extended
- SHEE-veh t
- IPA
- /ˈʃeːvɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- rod or staff
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHE-vet
- phraseyour reading level
SHE-vet ma-KEKH
- 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
š-b-ṭshin–bet–ṭet
“staff, rod, scepter”
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 14:29:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 14:29, so the Hebrew word שֵׁ֣בֶט (shevet) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.29.W6.S1) and character.