Isaiah 16:2:4Isa.16.2.W4TAB

מְשֻׁלָּ֑ח

meshulakh

sent away or driven off

Transliteration
me-shu-LAKH
Extended
meh-shuh-LAAKH
IPA
/məʃulˈlaːħ/

Meaning by language

English
sent away or driven off

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מְ + שֻׁ + לָּ֑ח
me + shu + lakh
meshulakh

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qibbutsshort 'oo' as in food
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-shu-LAKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KEN me-shu-LAKH

  3. clause

    ve-ha-YA ke-OF-no-DED KEN me-shu-LAKH

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-YA ke-OF-no-DED KEN me-shu-LAKH ti-he-YE-na be-NOT mo-AV ma-ve-ROT le-ar-NON

Exegesis

The noun phrase ken meshullach {קֵן מְשֻׁלָּ֑ח | kēn mə-šul-lā-ḥ} “nest driven out” intensifies the image of expulsion.

Root and etymology

sh-l-ḥ

to send, cast out

In contextIsaiah 16:2

It will be like a wandering bird driven from the nest; so the daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.

About this coordinate

Isaiah 16:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 16:2, so the Hebrew word מְשֻׁלָּ֑ח (meshulakh) 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.16.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.2.W4.S1) and character.