Isaiah 15:8:6Isa.15.8.W6TAB
יִלְלָתָ֔הּ
yillata
“her wailing”
- Transliteration
- yil-la-TA
- Extended
- yihl-lah-TAA
- IPA
- /jil.laˈtaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- her wailing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yil-la-TA
- clause
ad-e-gla-YIM yil-la-TA u-ve-ER e-LIM yil-la-TA
- sentence
ki-hi-KI-fa ha-ze-a-KA et-ge-VUL mo-AV ad-e-gla-YIM yil-la-TA u-ve-ER e-LIM yil-la-TA
Exegesis
The preposition ’ad {עַד | ’ad} ‘as far as’ designates the extent to Eglaim {אֶגְלַ֙יִם֙ | eglayîm} ‘Eglaim’, followed by the suffixed noun yillattāh {יִלְלָתָ֔הּ | yillattāh} ‘its wailing’.
Root and etymology
Rootyod-lamed-lamed
“to wail”
In context — Isaiah 15:8
For the cry has gone around the border of Moab , its wailing reaches Eglaim , and the wailing continues at Beer Elim.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 15:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 15:8, so the Hebrew word יִלְלָתָ֔הּ (yillata) 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.15.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.15.8.W6.S1) and character.