Isaiah 14:8:7Isa.14.8.W7TAB
שָׁכַ֔בְתָּ
shakhavta
“you lay down”
- Transliteration
- sha-KHAV-ta
- Extended
- shaa-KHAHV-tah
- IPA
- /ʃɔːˈxavtɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you lay down
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Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
sha-KHAV-ta
- 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 14:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Isaiah 14:8, so the Hebrew word שָׁכַ֔בְתָּ (shakhavta) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.8.W7.S1) and character.