Isaiah 15:5:16Isa.15.5.W16TAB
זַעֲקַת־שֶׁ֖בֶר
zaakatshever
“a cry of breaking”
- Transliteration
- za-a-KAT-SHE-ver
- Extended
- zah-ah-KAHT-SHEH-vehr
- IPA
- /zaʕăˈqat.ˈʃɛvɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a cry of breaking
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
za-a-KAT-SHE-ver
- clause
KI ma-a-LE hal-lu-KHIT biv-KHI ya-a-LE-BO KI DE-rekh kho-ro-NA-yim za-a-KAT-SHE-ver ye-o-E-ru
- sentence
li-BI le-mo-AV yiz-AK be-ri-KHE-ha ad-TSO-ar eg-LAT she-li-SHI-ya KI ma-a-LE hal-lu-KHIT biv-KHI ya-a-LE-BO KI DE-rekh kho-ro-NA-yim za-a-KAT-SHE-ver ye-o-E-ru
Exegesis
The phrases bivkhi {בִּבְכִי | bi-vkî} ‘in weeping’ and za‘akat-shever {זַעֲקַת־שֶׁבֶר | za-‘ă-qat-še-ḇer} ‘cry of destruction’ are cognate objects that each culminate in the Piel imperfect ye‘oreru {יְעֹעֵרוּ | yə-‘ō-’ê-rū} ‘they stir up’, creating a parallel structure that intensifies the communal outcry.
Root and etymology
sh-b-rshin–bet–resh
“breaking, destruction”
In context — Isaiah 15:5
My heart cries out for Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, like a three-year-old heifer. For on the ascent of Luhith they go in weeping ; for on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 15:5:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Isaiah 15:5, so the Hebrew word זַעֲקַת־שֶׁ֖בֶר (zaakatshever) 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.15.5.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.15.5.W16.S1) and character.