Isaiah 15:2:8Isa.15.2.W8TAB
מֵֽידְבָא֙
meidva
“Medeba”
- Transliteration
- meid-VA
- Extended
- meed-VAH
- IPA
- /meːḏˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Medeba
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
meid-VA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-AL meid-VA
- 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 prepositional pairs al-nevo {עַל־נְבוֹ | ʿal-nə-vō} ‘over Nebo’ and ve-al meideba {וְעַל מֵידְבָא | wə-ʿal mē-ḏe-bāʾ} ‘and over Medeba’ localize the lament.
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 15:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 15:2, so the Hebrew word מֵֽידְבָא֙ (meidva) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.15.2.W8.S1) and character.