Isaiah 16:1:2Isa.16.1.W2TAB
מֹשֵֽׁל־אֶ֖רֶץ
moshelerets
“ruler of the land”
- Transliteration
- mo-SHEL-E-rets
- Extended
- moh-SHEEL-eh-rehts
- IPA
- /moːˈʃeːl.ˈʔɛrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- ruler of the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mo-SHEL-E-rets
- phraseyour reading level
shil-KHU-khar mo-SHEL-E-rets
- clause
shil-KHU-khar mo-SHEL-E-rets mi-SE-la mid-ba-RA
- sentence
shil-KHU-khar mo-SHEL-E-rets mi-SE-la mid-ba-RA el-HAR bat-tsi-YON
Exegesis
The construct phrase moshel-erets {מֹשֵׁל־אֶ֖רֶץ | mōšēl-ʾereṣ} ‘ruler of the land’ specifies the recipient without a separate particle.
Root and etymology
mem–shin–lamed
“to rule, govern”
In context — Isaiah 16:1
Dispatch a lamb to the ruler of the land, sending it from Sela toward the wilderness and up to the mount of the daughter of Zion .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 16:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 16:1, so the Hebrew word מֹשֵֽׁל־אֶ֖רֶץ (moshelerets) 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.16.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.1.W2.S1) and character.