Isaiah 14:4:2Isa.14.4.W2TAB
הַמָּשָׁ֥ל
hamashal
“the proverb or taunt-song”
- Transliteration
- ha-ma-SHAL
- Extended
- hah-maa-SHAAL
- IPA
- /ham.mɔːˈʃɔːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the proverb or taunt-song
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ma-SHAL
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ma-SHAL ha-ZE
- clause
ve-na-SA-ta ha-ma-SHAL ha-ZE al-ME-lekh ba-VEL ve-a-MAR-ta
- 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 verse begins with the consecutive vav prefix in venasata {וְנָשָׂ֜אתָ | wə-nā-šā-’āṯā} ‘and you will take up’ followed by hamashal {הַמָּשָׁל | ham-mā-šāl} ‘proverb’, introducing a fixed rhetorical form.
Root and etymology
m-sh-lmem–shin–lamed
“to rule, have dominion”
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 14:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 14:4, so the Hebrew word הַמָּשָׁ֥ל (hamashal) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.4.W2.S1) and character.