Isaiah 16:4:5Isa.16.4.W5TAB
הֱוִי־סֵ֥תֶר
heviseter
“be a hiding place”
- Transliteration
- he-vi-SE-ter
- Extended
- heh-vee-SEE-tehr
- IPA
- /hɛ̆.viːˈseː.tɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- be a hiding place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-vi-SE-ter
- phraseyour reading level
he-vi-SE-ter la-MO
- clause
ya-GU-ru VAKH nid-da-KHAI mo-AV he-vi-SE-ter la-MO mip-pe-NEI sho-DED
- 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 imperative hewi-sēter {הֱוִי־סֵ֥תֶר | hēwî-sēter} ‘be a shelter’ assigns Moab a protective role.
Root and etymology
ס־ת־ר
“to cover”
In context — Isaiah 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 16:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 16:4, so the Hebrew word הֱוִי־סֵ֥תֶר (heviseter) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.4.W5.S1) and character.