Isaiah 15:9:12Isa.15.9.W12TAB
וְלִשְׁאֵרִ֖ית
velisherit
“and for the remnant of”
- Transliteration
- ve-lish-e-RIT
- Extended
- veh-lihsheh-eh-REET
- IPA
- /vəliʃʔeːˈriːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and for the remnant of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lish-e-RIT
- clause
lif-lei-TAT mo-AV ar-YE ve-lish-e-RIT a-da-MA
- sentence
KI MEI di-MON ma-le-U DAM ki-a-SHIT al-di-MON no-sa-FOT lif-lei-TAT mo-AV ar-YE ve-lish-e-RIT a-da-MA
Exegesis
Parallel prepositional phrases liphlēṭāṯ Môʾāv {לִפְלֵיטַת מוֹאָב | liph-lê-ṭāṯ mô-ʾā-v} ‘for those who escape from Moab’ and wə-lišērît ʾădāmāh {וְלִשְׁאֵרִית אֲדָמָה | wə-li-šê-rîṯ ʾă-dā-māh} ‘and for the remnant of the land’ specify the groups subject to judgment, while the noun ʾăryēh {אַרְיֵה | ʾăr-yē(h)} ‘lion’ personifies divine retribution. The Hebrew parallelism and escalation underscore the intensity of the pronouncement.
Root and etymology
š-ʾ-rshin–aleph–resh
“remnant”
In context — Isaiah 15:9
For the waters of Dimon are full of blood, yet I will bring more upon Dimon: a lion upon those who escape from Moab and upon the remnant of the land.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 15:9:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Isaiah 15:9, so the Hebrew word וְלִשְׁאֵרִ֖ית (velisherit) 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.15.9.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.15.9.W12.S1) and character.