Isaiah 14:30:9Isa.14.30.W9TAB
שָׁרְשֵׁ֔ךְ
sharshekh
“your root”
- Transliteration
- shar-SHEKH
- Extended
- shaar-SHEHKh
- IPA
- /ʃɔrˈʃeːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- your root
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
shar-SHEKH
- clause
ve-he-MA-ti va-ra-AV shar-SHEKH u-she-e-ri-TEKH ya-ha-ROG
- sentence
ve-RA-u be-kho-RE da-LIM ve-ev-yo-NIM la-VE-takh yir-BA-tsu ve-he-MA-ti va-ra-AV shar-SHEKH u-she-e-ri-TEKH ya-ha-ROG
Exegesis
The conjunction vehematti {וְהֵמַתִּי | wə-hē-mat-tî} ‘and I will kill’ (Hiphil perfect) marks God’s direct action against shorshekh {שָׁרְשֵׁךְ | šor-šê-ḵ} ‘your root’, followed by bara'av {בָרָעָב | bā-rā-ʿā-ḇ} ‘with famine’ specifying the instrument.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–resh–shin
“root; foundation”
In context — Isaiah 14:30
And the firstborn of the poor will graze, and the needy will lie down in safety; but I will kill your root with famine, and it will slay your remnant.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:30:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 14:30, so the Hebrew word שָׁרְשֵׁ֔ךְ (sharshekh) 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.14.30.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.30.W9.S1) and character.