Isaiah 16:4:11Isa.16.4.W11TAB

כָּ֣לָה

kala

has ceased

Transliteration
ka-LA
Extended
kaa-LAA
IPA
/kaːˈlaː/

Meaning by language

English
has ceased

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
כָּ֣ + לָה
ka + la
kala

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

Tap any letter to hear its name and sound

Vowels (Niqqud)

Now you try — trace the word:

The word

Word in context

  1. word

    ka-LA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ka-LA SHOD

  3. clause

    ki-a-FES ham-METS ka-LA SHOD tam-MU ro-MES min-ha-A-rets

  4. sentence

    ya-GU-ru VAKH nid-da-KHAI mo-AV he-vi-SE-ter la-MO mip-pe-NEI sho-DED ki-a-FES ham-METS ka-LA SHOD tam-MU ro-MES min-ha-A-rets

Exegesis

The conjunction kî-’apēs {כִּֽי־אָפֵ֤ס | kî-’apēs} ‘for has ceased’ introduces a perfect sequence: hammēṣ {הַמֵּץ֙ | hammēṣ} ‘the oppressor’ with kālāh {כָּלָה | kālāh} ‘is ended’, šōḏ {שֹׁ֔ד | šōḏ} ‘violence’ with tammū {תַּ֥מּוּ | tam-mû} ‘they have ceased’, and the participle rômēs {רֹמֵ֖ס | rômēs} ‘trampler’, completing the picture of vanquished oppression. The movement from jussives to perfects underscores both the demand for refuge and the assurance of deliverance.

In contextIsaiah 16:4

Let my outcasts sojourn with you, Moab; be a shelter for them from the face of the destroyer. For the oppressor has come to an end, plundering has ceased, and the trampler has vanished from the land.

About this coordinate

Isaiah 16:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Isaiah 16:4, so the Hebrew word כָּ֣לָה (kala) 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.16.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.4.W11.S1) and character.