Isaiah 16:1:3Isa.16.1.W3TAB

מִסֶּ֣לַע

misela

from Sela

Transliteration
mi-SE-la
Extended
mih-SEH-lah
IPA
/misˈsɛlaʕ/

Meaning by language

English
from Sela

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Result
מִ + סֶּ֣ + לַע
mi + se + la
misela

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Samekhs as in sit
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    mi-SE-la

  2. phraseyour reading level

    mi-SE-la mid-ba-RA

  3. clause

    shil-KHU-khar mo-SHEL-E-rets mi-SE-la mid-ba-RA

  4. sentence

    shil-KHU-khar mo-SHEL-E-rets mi-SE-la mid-ba-RA el-HAR bat-tsi-YON

Exegesis

The origin missela {מִסֶּלַע | misṣēlaʿ} ‘from Sela’ leads into the directional midbarah {מִדְבָּרָה | midbārāh} ‘wilderness.’

In contextIsaiah 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 16:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Isaiah 16:1, so the Hebrew word מִסֶּ֣לַע (misela) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.1.W3.S1) and character.