Isaiah 14:7:1Isa.14.7.W1TAB
נָ֥חָה
nakha
“it is at rest”
- Transliteration
- na-KHA
- Extended
- nah-KHAA
- IPA
- /naːˈχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it is at rest
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Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
na-KHA shak-TA
- clause
na-KHA shak-TA kol-ha-A-rets
- sentence
na-KHA shak-TA kol-ha-A-rets pa-tse-KHU rin-NA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the paired perfect verbs nachah {נָ֥חָה | nā-ḥāh} ‘has rested’ and shaqtah {שָׁקְטָה | šā-qa-ṯāh} ‘has been quiet’ in synonymous parallelism, framing the construct kol–ha–ʾāreṣ {כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ | kôl-hā-ʾā-rēṣ} ‘all the earth’ to emphasize universal stillness.
Root and etymology
Rootn-kh-h
“rest, repose”
In context — Isaiah 14:7
The entire earth has entered rest and has become quiet; people burst forth with singing .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 14:7, so the Hebrew word נָ֥חָה (nakha) 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.14.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.7.W1.S1) and character.