Isaiah 14:4:11Isa.14.4.W11TAB
מַדְהֵבָֽה׃
madheva
“arrogance or raging or insolence”
- Transliteration
- mad-HE-va
- Extended
- mahd-HEH-vah
- IPA
- /madˈheːvɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- arrogance or raging or insolence
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mad-HE-va
- clause
EKH sha-VAT no-GESH shav-TA mad-HE-va
- sentence
ve-na-SA-ta ha-ma-SHAL ha-ZE al-ME-lekh ba-VEL ve-a-MAR-ta EKH sha-VAT no-GESH shav-TA mad-HE-va
Exegesis
The perfect verbs shavat {שָׁבַ֣ת | šā-vaṯ} ‘has ceased’ and shavta {שָׁבְתָ֖ה | ša-və-tā} ‘has ceased’ create a parallelism emphasizing the sudden end of the masculine nogesh {נֹגֵ֔שׂ | nō-ḡêš} ‘oppressor’ and the feminine madhevah {מַדְהֵבָה | ma-dhē-vā-h} ‘insolent fury’. The Hebrew verbless exclamation intensifies the judgment and requires English restructuring to preserve its force and immediacy.
Root and etymology
d-h-bdalet–heh–bet
“to be golden”
In context — Isaiah 14:4
Then you will lift up this proverb against the king of Babylon and say, “See how the oppressor has come to an end; the insolence has ceased!”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Isaiah 14:4, so the Hebrew word מַדְהֵבָֽה׃ (madheva) 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.14.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.4.W11.S1) and character.