Isaiah 14:6:7Isa.14.6.W7TAB
רֹדֶ֤ה
rode
“ruling”
- Transliteration
- ro-DE
- Extended
- roh-DEH
- IPA
- /roːˈðɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- ruling
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| 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
ro-DE
- phraseyour reading level
ro-DE va-AF
- clause
ro-DE va-AF go-YIM mur-DAF be-LI KHA-sakh
- sentence
ma-KE a-MIM be-ev-RA ma-KAT bil-TI sa-RA ro-DE va-AF go-YIM mur-DAF be-LI KHA-sakh
Exegesis
The verse features a chain of participial actions describing the tyrant’s violence: the Hiphil participle maqqēh {מַכֶּה | mǎqqĕh} ‘striking’ is paralleled by the Qal participle rōdĕh {רֹדֶה | rōdĕh} ‘ruling,’ each framed by intensifying prepositional phrases bĕʿěḇrāh {בְּעֶבְרָה | bĕʿěḇrāh} ‘in wrath’ and bā’āp {בָּאַף | bā’āp} ‘in anger.’
Root and etymology
Rootr-d-h
“to tread down, rule”
In context — Isaiah 14:6
The one who struck peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, who ruled nations in anger, persecuting with no restraint .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Isaiah 14:6, so the Hebrew word רֹדֶ֤ה (rode) 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.14.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.6.W7.S1) and character.