Isaiah 14:4:9Isa.14.4.W9TAB

נֹגֵ֔שׂ

nogesh

“oppressor or taskmaster”

Transliteration: no-GESH
Extended: noh-GEESH
IPA: /noːˈɣeːs/

Meaning by language

English: oppressor or taskmaster

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Result

נֹ + גֵ֔שׂ

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no + gesh

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nogesh

Alphabet Analysis

	Nun	n as in new
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Gimel	g as in good
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

word
no-GESH
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.

Root and etymology

n-g-shnun–gimel–shin

“to press, oppress”

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 14:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 14:4, so the Hebrew word נֹגֵ֔שׂ (nogesh) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.4.W9.S1) and character.

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