Isaiah 14:4:8Isa.14.4.W8TAB
שָׁבַ֣ת
shavat
“has ceased or stopped”
- Transliteration
- sha-VAT
- Extended
- shaa-VAHT
- IPA
- /ʃɔːˈvaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- has ceased or stopped
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
sha-VAT
- phraseyour reading level
sha-VAT no-GESH
- 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.
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 14:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 14:4, so the Hebrew word שָׁבַ֣ת (shavat) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.4.W8.S1) and character.