Isaiah 15:2:13Isa.15.2.W13TAB
כָּל־זָקָ֖ן
kholzakan
“every beard”
- Transliteration
- khol-za-KAN
- Extended
- khohl-zaa-KAAN
- IPA
- /kɔl.zaːˈqɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- every beard
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
khol-za-KAN
- 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 distress markers qarcha {קָרְחָה | qā-ra-ḥā} ‘baldness’ and geruah {גְּרוּעָה | gə-rû-ʿāh} ‘shorn’ follow as verbless clauses, each tied to the degree phrase bekol-rosav {בְּכָל־רֹאשָׁיו | bə-ḵōl-rō-šāv} ‘on all its heads’ and the construct kol-zakan {כָּל־זָקָן | kāl-zā-qān} ‘every beard’, employing parallelism to emphasize communal mourning.
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 15:2:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Isaiah 15:2, so the Hebrew word כָּל־זָקָ֖ן (kholzakan) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.15.2.W13.S1) and character.