Isaiah 16:3:4Isa.16.3.W4TAB
עֲשׂ֣וּ
asu
“do or make {plural imperative}”
- Transliteration
- a-SU
- Extended
- ah-SOO
- IPA
- /ʕăˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- do or make {plural imperative}
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SU
- phraseyour reading level
a-SU pe-li-LA
- clause
ha-vi-U ha-VI-i E-tsa a-SU pe-li-LA SHI-ti kha-la-YIL tsi-LEKH be-TOKH tsa-ho-ra-YIM
- sentence
ha-vi-U ha-VI-i E-tsa a-SU pe-li-LA SHI-ti kha-la-YIL tsi-LEKH be-TOKH tsa-ho-ra-YIM sat-re-RI nid-da-KHIM no-DED al-te-gal-LI
Exegesis
This is followed by the Qal imperatives asu {עֲשׂ֣וּ | ʿă-sû} ‘execute’ and shiti {שִׁ֧יתִי | šîṯ-î} ‘set,’ framing communal and individual action.
In context — Isaiah 16:3
Bring counsel, render judgment ; set your shadow like night in the middle of noon; hide the outcasts, and do not reveal the wanderer.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 16:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 16:3, so the Hebrew word עֲשׂ֣וּ (asu) 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.16.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.3.W4.S1) and character.