Isaiah 16:14:8Isa.16.14.W8TAB
שָׂכִ֔יר
sakhir
“a hired worker”
- Transliteration
- sa-KHIR
- Extended
- saa-KHEER
- IPA
- /saːˈχiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a hired worker
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sa-KHIR
- phraseyour reading level
kish-ne sa-KHIR
- clause
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
- 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
A metaphorical comparison in ki-šnê śā-kîr {כִּשְׁנֵי שָׂכִיר | ki-šnê śā-kîr} ‘as the years of a hired worker’ uses the comparative prefix and construct dual.
Root and etymology
s-kh-rshin–kaph–resh
“to hire, engage”
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 16:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 16:14, so the Hebrew word שָׂכִ֔יר (sakhir) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.14.W8.S1) and character.