Isaiah 15:5:6Isa.15.5.W6TAB

עֶגְלַ֣ת

eglat

Eglath

Transliteration
eg-LAT
Extended
ehg-LAHT
IPA
/ʕɛɡˈlat/

Meaning by language

English
Eglath

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Result
עֶגְ + לַ֣ת
eg + lat
eglat

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Gimelg as in good
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    eg-LAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    eg-LAT she-li-SHI-ya

  3. clause

    li-BI le-mo-AV yiz-AK be-ri-KHE-ha ad-TSO-ar eg-LAT she-li-SHI-ya

  4. 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 simile eglat shelishiyyah {עֶגְלַת שְׁלִשִׁיָּה | ʼe-ḡel šə-lî-šî-yāh} ‘heifer of three years’ underscores their weakness.

In contextIsaiah 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 15:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 15:5, so the Hebrew word עֶגְלַ֣ת (eglat) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.15.5.W6.S1) and character.