Isaiah 15:2:5Isa.15.2.W5TAB
לְבֶ֑כִי
levekhi
“to weeping”
- Transliteration
- le-VE-khi
- Extended
- leh-VEH-khih
- IPA
- /ləˈvɛxiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to weeping
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
le-VE-khi
- clause
A-la ha-BA-yit ve-di-VON ha-ba-MOT le-VE-khi
- 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
A series of coordinated objects—habayit {הַבַּיִת | hab-bā-yit} ‘the house’, wedibon {וְדִיבֹן | wə-dib-ōn} ‘and Dibon’, and habamot {הַבָּמוֹת | hab-bā-mōt} ‘the high places’—is governed by the purpose phrase levekhi {לְבֶכִי | lə-vē-kī} ‘for weeping’.
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 15:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 15:2, so the Hebrew word לְבֶ֑כִי (levekhi) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.15.2.W5.S1) and character.