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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-SE-la
- phraseyour reading level
mi-SE-la mid-ba-RA
- 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 origin missela {מִסֶּלַע | misṣēlaʿ} ‘from Sela’ leads into the directional midbarah {מִדְבָּרָה | midbārāh} ‘wilderness.’
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 16:1:3 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.