Isaiah 14:31:3Isa.14.31.W3TAB
זַֽעֲקִי־עִ֔יר
zaakiir
“cry out, city”
- Transliteration
- za-a-KI-IR
- Extended
- zah-ah-KEE-EER
- IPA
- /za.ʕăˈqiː.ʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- cry out, city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
za-a-KI-IR
- clause
he-li-LI SHA-ar za-a-KI-IR na-MOG pe-LE-shet ku-LEKH
- sentence
he-li-LI SHA-ar za-a-KI-IR na-MOG pe-LE-shet ku-LEKH KI mi-tsa-FON a-SHAN BA ve-EIN bo-DED be-mo-a-DAI-v
Exegesis
The verse opens with two vocative imperatives, hēlîlî {הֵילִ֤ילִֽי | hēlîlî} ‘wail’ and zāʿaqî {זַֽעֲקִי | zāʿaqî} ‘cry out’, addressing šāʿar {שַּׁעַר | šāʿar} ‘gate’ and ʻîr {עִיר | ʻîr} ‘city’, personifying Philistine strongpoints.
In context — Isaiah 14:31
Wail, O gate ; cry out, O city; Philistia, all of you, melt away; for smoke comes from the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:31:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Isaiah 14:31, so the Hebrew word זַֽעֲקִי־עִ֔יר (zaakiir) 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.14.31.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.31.W3.S1) and character.