Isaiah 14:32:1Isa.14.32.W1TAB
וּמַֽה־יַּעֲנֶ֖ה
umayaane
“and what will he answer”
- Transliteration
- u-MA-ya-a-NE
- Extended
- oo-MAH-yah-ah-NEH
- IPA
- /uːˈmaː.ja.ʕăˈnɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and what will he answer
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-MA-ya-a-NE
- clause
u-MA-ya-a-NE mal-a-KHE-goi
- sentence
u-MA-ya-a-NE mal-a-KHE-goi KI Ye-ho-VAH yis-SAD tsi-YON u-VAH ye-khe-SU a-ni-YE a-MO
Exegesis
The verse begins with the waw-interrogative particle u-ma {וּמַה | ū-māh} ‘and what’, introducing a rhetorical question.
The imperfect verb yaʿănēh {יַעֲנֶה | yaʿănēh} expresses the anticipated reply.
Root and etymology
ע–נ–ה
“to answer, respond”
In context — Isaiah 14:32
And what answer will be given to the messengers of the nation? That the LORD has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted ones of His people will find refuge.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:32:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 14:32, so the Hebrew word וּמַֽה־יַּעֲנֶ֖ה (umayaane) 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.14.32.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.32.W1.S1) and character.