Isaiah 15:3:5Isa.15.3.W5TAB
גַּגּוֹתֶ֧יהָ
gagateha
“her rooftops”
- Transliteration
- ga-ga-te-HA
- Extended
- gah-gah-teh-HAA
- IPA
- /ɡag.ɡoːtɛˈhɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- her rooftops
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
ga-ga-te-HA
- phraseyour reading level
AL ga-ga-te-HA u-vir-kho-vo-te-HA
- clause
AL ga-ga-te-HA u-vir-kho-vo-te-HA ku-LO ye-ye-LIL yo-RED ba-be-KHI
- 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 15:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 15:3, so the Hebrew word גַּגּוֹתֶ֧יהָ (gagateha) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.15.3.W5.S1) and character.