Isaiah 15:2:10Isa.15.2.W10TAB
יְיֵלִ֔יל
yeyelil
“wails”
- Transliteration
- ye-ye-LIL
- Extended
- yeh-yeh-LEEL
- IPA
- /jəjeːˈliːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- wails
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-ye-LIL
- phraseyour reading level
mo-AV ye-ye-LIL
- clause
al-ne-VO ve-AL meid-VA mo-AV ye-ye-LIL be-khol-ro-shav kar-KHA khol-za-KAN ge-ru-A
- sentence
A-la ha-BA-yit ve-di-VON ha-ba-MOT le-VE-khi al-ne-VO ve-AL meid-VA mo-AV ye-ye-LIL be-khol-ro-shav kar-KHA khol-za-KAN ge-ru-A
Exegesis
The main clause then shifts to the Piel imperfect yeylil {יְיֵלִיל | yə-yē-lîl} ‘wails’, creating vivid present-action narration.
Root and etymology
“to wail”
In context — Isaiah 15:2
He goes up to the house , to Dibon, and to the high places for weeping. Over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails ; every head is bald, and every beard is shorn.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 15:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Isaiah 15:2, so the Hebrew word יְיֵלִ֔יל (yeyelil) 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.15.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.15.2.W10.S1) and character.