Isaiah 16:7:9Isa.16.7.W9TAB
תֶּהְגּ֖וּ
tehegu
“you will moan”
- Transliteration
- te-he-GU
- Extended
- teh-heh-GOO
- IPA
- /tɛhˈguː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you will moan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
te-he-GU
- 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 shift to second person plural in tehegu {תֶּהְגּוּ | tĕh-gû} ‘you will groan’ directly engages the audience.
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 16:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 16:7, so the Hebrew word תֶּהְגּ֖וּ (tehegu) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.7.W9.S1) and character.