Isaiah 15:6:3Isa.15.6.W3TAB
מְשַׁמּ֣וֹת
meshammot
“desolations or waste places”
- Transliteration
- me-sham-MOT
- Extended
- meh-shahm-MOHT
- IPA
- /məʃamˈmoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- desolations or waste places
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-sham-MOT
- phraseyour reading level
me-sham-MOT yih-YU
- clause
KI-MEI nim-re-RIM me-sham-MOT yih-YU
- sentence
KI-MEI nim-re-RIM me-sham-MOT yih-YU KI-ya-VESH kha-TSIR ka-LA DE-she YE-rek LO ha-YA
Exegesis
The adjective meshammot {מְשַׁמּוֹת | məšammōṯ} ‘desolate’ with the imperfect yihyu {יִהְיוּ | yihyû} ‘they shall be’ forms a destined-desolation clause.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–mem
“desolation”
In context — Isaiah 15:6
The waters of Nimrim will lie desolate ; for the grass has dried up , the tender grass has perished, and no green sprout survives.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 15:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Isaiah 15:6, so the Hebrew word מְשַׁמּ֣וֹת (meshammot) 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.15.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.15.6.W3.S1) and character.