Isaiah 14:8:6Isa.14.8.W6TAB
מֵאָ֣ז
meaz
“since then”
- Transliteration
- me-AZ
- Extended
- meh-AZ
- IPA
- /meːˈʔɔːz/
Meaning by language
- English
- since then
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero |
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Word in context
- word
me-AZ
- phraseyour reading level
me-AZ sha-KHAV-ta
- clause
me-AZ sha-KHAV-ta lo-ya-a-LE ha-ko-RET a-LE-nu
- sentence
gam-be-ro-SHIM sam-KHU le-KHA ar-ze le-va-NON me-AZ sha-KHAV-ta lo-ya-a-LE ha-ko-RET a-LE-nu
Exegesis
The temporal phrase meaz shakhavta {מֵאָז שָׁכַבְתָּ | mê-ʾāz sha-khav-tā} marks the point since “you laid down,” and the negated imperfect lo-yaaleh hakoret aleinu {לֹא־יַעֲלֶה הַכֹּרֵת עָלֵינוּ | lō-ya-ʿā-leh ha-kō-ret ʿā-le-nu} expresses the absence of the cutter, using the participle hakoret as a metaphor for the oppressor. This juxtaposition of perfect and imperfect forms heightens the irony of nature’s triumph in the former destroyer’s absence.
In context — Isaiah 14:8
Even the cypress trees rejoice for you, and the cedars of Lebanon proclaim, “Since you have lain down, the cutter has not risen against us.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 14:8, so the Hebrew word מֵאָ֣ז (meaz) 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.14.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.8.W6.S1) and character.