Isaiah 16:7:6Isa.16.7.W6TAB
יְיֵלִ֑יל
yeyelil
“he will wail”
- Transliteration
- ye-ye-LIL
- Extended
- yeh-yeh-LEEL
- IPA
- /jəjeːˈliːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- he will wail
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-ye-LIL
- phraseyour reading level
ku-LO ye-ye-LIL
- clause
la-KHEN ye-ye-LIL mo-AV le-mo-AV ku-LO ye-ye-LIL
- sentence
la-KHEN ye-ye-LIL mo-AV le-mo-AV ku-LO ye-ye-LIL la-a-shi-SHE kir-kha-RE-set te-he-GU AKH-ne-kha-IM
Exegesis
The Piel imperfect yeyelil {יְיֵלִּיל | yə-yê-lîl} ‘will wail’ applies first to the proper noun moav {מוֹאָב | mō-’āḇ} and then to the pronominal suffix in kullo {כֻּלֹּה | kūl-lō}, forming a chiastic parallelism that intensifies communal lament.
Root and etymology
י־ל־ל
“to wail, lament”
In context — Isaiah 16:7
Therefore Moab will wail for Moab; all of it will wail. For the raisin-cakes of Kir-Hareseth you will groan, utterly stricken.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 16:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 16:7, so the Hebrew word יְיֵלִ֑יל (yeyelil) 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.16.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.7.W6.S1) and character.