Isaiah 15:3:1Isa.15.3.W1TAB
בְּחוּצֹתָ֖יו
bekhutsotav
“in his streets”
- Transliteration
- be-khu-tso-TAV
- Extended
- beh-khoo-tsoh-TAAV
- IPA
- /bəħuːtsoːˈtɔːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- in his streets
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
be-khu-tso-TAV
- clause
be-khu-tso-TAV kha-ge-RU SAK
- sentence
be-khu-tso-TAV kha-ge-RU SAK AL ga-ga-te-HA u-vir-kho-vo-te-HA ku-LO ye-ye-LIL yo-RED ba-be-KHI
Exegesis
The verse unfolds through three successive locative phrases—bechutsotav {בְּחוּצֹתָיו | bə-ḥū-ṣō-ṯāw} ‘in its streets’, gagoteha {גַּגּוֹתֶיהָ | găg-gō-ṯe-hā} ‘its rooftops’, and uvirchovoteha {וּבִרְחֹבֹתֶיהָ | wə-ḇir-ḥō-ḇō-ṯe-hā} ‘and in its open squares’—setting the urban setting of mourning.
In context — Isaiah 15:3
In its streets they have girded themselves with sackcloth; on its rooftops and in its open squares every one wails, going down in weeping .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 15:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 15:3, so the Hebrew word בְּחוּצֹתָ֖יו (bekhutsotav) 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.15.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.15.3.W1.S1) and character.