Isaiah 16:7:8Isa.16.7.W8TAB
קִיר־חֲרֶ֛שֶׂת
kirkhareset
“Kir-hareseth”
- Transliteration
- kir-kha-RE-set
- Extended
- kihr-khah-REH-seht
- IPA
- /qiːr.ħăˈrɛsɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- Kir-hareseth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kir-kha-RE-set
- phraseyour reading level
la-a-shi-SHE kir-kha-RE-set
- clause
la-a-shi-SHE kir-kha-RE-set te-he-GU AKH-ne-kha-IM
- 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 construct laashishei kirhareshet {לַאֲשִׁишֵׁי קִיר־חֲרֶשֶׂת | la-ʾă-šî-šê qîr-ḥā-re-set} ‘for the raisin-cakes of Kir-Hareseth’ focuses mourning on a local cultic product.
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 16:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 16:7, so the Hebrew word קִיר־חֲרֶ֛שֶׂת (kirkhareset) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.7.W8.S1) and character.