Isaiah 16:10:12Isa.16.10.W12TAB

הַדֹּרֵ֖ךְ

hadorekh

the treader

Transliteration
ha-do-REKH
Extended
hah-doh-REEKH
IPA
/had.doːˈreːx/

Meaning by language

English
the treader

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + דֹּ + רֵ֖ךְ
ha + do + rekh
hadorekh

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-do-REKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lo-yid-ROKH ha-do-REKH

  3. clause

    ya-YIN bay-ka-VIM lo-yid-ROKH ha-do-REKH he-DAD hish-ba-TI

  4. 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 contextIsaiah 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Joy and gladness have been withdrawn from the fertile plateau; in the vineyards there shall be no singing or shouting; no wine will be trodden in the winepresses; I have brought the vintage shout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 16:10:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Isaiah 16:10, so the Hebrew word הַדֹּרֵ֖ךְ (hadorekh) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.10.W12.S1) and character.