Isaiah 14:9:1Isa.14.9.W1TAB
שְׁא֗וֹל
sheol
“Sheol”
- Transliteration
- she-OL
- Extended
- sheh-OHL
- IPA
- /ʃəˈʔoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Sheol
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-OL
- clause
she-OL mit-TA-khat rag-ZA le-KHA lik-RAT BO-e-kha
- sentence
she-OL mit-TA-khat rag-ZA le-KHA lik-RAT BO-e-kha o-REHR le-KHA re-fa-IM kal-a-tu-DE A-rets he-KIM mik-kis-o-TAM KOL mal-KHE go-YIM
Exegesis
The verse personifies she'ol {שְׁאוֹל | šəʾōl} as the subject, followed by the locative expression mitachat {מִתַּחַת | mittaḥat} “from beneath.”
Root and etymology
Rootshin–aleph–lamed
“underworld, netherworld”
In context — Isaiah 14:9
Sheol beneath quivered on your account, to greet you at your arrival; it roused for you the departed spirits , all the chiefs of the earth, and lifted from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 14:9, so the Hebrew word שְׁא֗וֹל (sheol) 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.14.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.9.W1.S1) and character.