Isaiah 14:3:9Isa.14.3.W9TAB
הַקָּשָׁ֖ה
hakasha
“the hard”
- Transliteration
- ha-ka-SHA
- Extended
- hah-kaa-SHAA
- IPA
- /haq.qɔːˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the hard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ka-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
u-min-ha-a-vo-DA ha-ka-SHA
- clause
u-min-ha-a-vo-DA ha-ka-SHA a-SHER u-BAD-bakh
- sentence
ve-ha-YA be-YOM ha-NI-akh Ye-ho-VAH le-KHA me-ats-be-KHA u-me-rag-ze-KHA u-min-ha-a-vo-DA ha-ka-SHA a-SHER u-BAD-bakh
Exegesis
The verse then unfolds as a triad of coordinated prepositional phrases marked by min ‘from’: me-atzbekha {מֵעָצְבְּךָ | mē-ʿāṣbəḵā} ‘from your pain,’ u-meragzekha {וּמֵרָגְזֶךָ | ū-mē-rāgzeḵā} ‘and from your agitation,’ and u-min-ha-avodah ha-kashah {וּמִן־הָעֲבֹדָה הַקָּשָׁה | ū-min-hā-ʿăvōdāh haq-qāšāh} ‘and from the harsh labor.’ This stacked parallelism gives cumulative force, portraying rest as comprehensive release from inner distress and external oppression.
In context — Isaiah 14:3
And it will be in the day the LORD gives you rest from your pain , and from your agitation, and from the harsh labor that was imposed on you.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 14:3, so the Hebrew word הַקָּשָׁ֖ה (hakasha) 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.14.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.3.W9.S1) and character.