Isaiah 16:14:17Isa.16.14.W17TAB
מִזְעָ֖ר
mizar
“very small or very little”
- Transliteration
- miz-AR
- Extended
- mihz-AAR
- IPA
- /mɪzˈʕaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- very small or very little
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
miz-AR
- clause
u-she-AR me-AT miz-AR LO ka-BIR
- sentence
ve-a-TA di-BER Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR be-sha-LOSH sha-NIM kish-ne sa-KHIR ve-nik-LA ke-VOD mo-AV be-KHOL he-ha-MON ha-RAV u-she-AR me-AT miz-AR LO ka-BIR
Exegesis
The final clause ū-še-ʾār mə-ʿaṭ miz-ʿār lō kā-ḇîr {וּשְׁאָ֥ר מְעַט מִזְעָ֖ר לֹא כַבִּיר | ū-še-ʾār mə-ʿaṭ miz-ʿār lō kā-ḇîr} ‘and the remnant will be few, very small, not mighty’ stacks diminutives and negation to heighten the sense of utter reduction. The English rendering preserves the Hebrew’s swift progression from temporal marker through metaphor to climactic contrast.
In context — Isaiah 16:14
And now the LORD has spoken, saying, “Within three years, as the years of a hired worker , the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt among all that great multitude, and the remnant will be very small, not mighty.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 16:14:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Isaiah 16:14, so the Hebrew word מִזְעָ֖ר (mizar) 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.16.14.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.14.W17.S1) and character.