Isaiah 15:9:4Isa.15.9.W4TAB

מָ֣לְאוּ

maleu

were filled

Transliteration
ma-le-U
Extended
maa-leh-OO
IPA
/maːləˈʔuː/

Meaning by language

English
were filled

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Result
מָ֣ + לְא + וּ
ma + le + u
maleu

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ma-le-U

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ma-le-U DAM

  3. clause

    KI MEI di-MON ma-le-U DAM ki-a-SHIT al-di-MON no-sa-FOT

  4. 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

The verb mālʾû {מָלְאוּ | mā-lə-ʾû} ‘they are full’ (Qal perfect) expresses a completed state with dām {דָם | dām} ‘blood’ as its complement.

In contextIsaiah 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 15:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 15:9, so the Hebrew word מָ֣לְאוּ (maleu) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.15.9.W4.S1) and character.