Isaiah 16:10:11Isa.16.10.W11TAB
לֹֽא־יִדְרֹ֥ךְ
loyidrokh
“he does not tread”
- Transliteration
- lo-yid-ROKH
- Extended
- loh-yihd-ROKH
- IPA
- /loː.jidˈroːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- he does not tread
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-yid-ROKH
- phraseyour reading level
lo-yid-ROKH ha-do-REKH
- clause
ya-YIN bay-ka-VIM lo-yid-ROKH ha-do-REKH he-DAD hish-ba-TI
- sentence
ve-ne-e-SAF sim-kha va-GIL min-ha-kar-MEL u-vak-kha-ra-MIM lo-ye-run-NAN LO ye-ro-A ya-YIN bay-ka-VIM lo-yid-ROKH ha-do-REKH he-DAD hish-ba-TI
Exegesis
The oracle then shifts to harvest imagery with yayin ba-yeqavim {יַיִן בַּיְקָבִ֛ים | yā-yīn ba-yā-qā-vîm} ‘wine in the presses’, the negated action lo-yidrokh {לֹֽא־יִדְרֹךְ | lōʾ-yiḏ-rōḵ} ‘will not tread’, and ha-dorekh {הַדֹּרֵ֖ךְ | ha-dō-rē-kh} ‘the treader’.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–resh–kaf
“to tread, step”
In context — Isaiah 16:10
Joy and gladness have been withdrawn from the fertile plateau; in the vineyards there shall be no singing or shouting; no wine will be trodden in the winepresses; I have brought the vintage shout to an end.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 16:10:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Isaiah 16:10, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־יִדְרֹ֥ךְ (loyidrokh) 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.16.10.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.10.W11.S1) and character.