Isaiah 16:9:4Isa.16.9.W4TAB
יַעְזֵר֙
yazer
“Jazer”
- Transliteration
- ya-ze-R
- Extended
- yah-zeer
- IPA
- /jaʕˈzeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jazer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-ze-R
- phraseyour reading level
biv-KHI ya-ze-R
- clause
al-KEN ev-ke biv-KHI ya-ze-R GE-fen siv-MA a-ra-YA-vek dim-a-TI khe-shBON ve-el-a-LE
- sentence
al-KEN ev-ke biv-KHI ya-ze-R GE-fen siv-MA a-ra-YA-vek dim-a-TI khe-shBON ve-el-a-LE KI al-KEI-tsekh ve-al-ke-tsi-REKH HEI-dad na-FAL
Exegesis
A nominal fusion then links yazer {יַעְזֵר | yā-ʿzêr} ‘Jazer’ with gefen {גֶּפֶן | ge-pen} ‘vine’ and sibmah {שִׂבְמָה | sib-mâ} ‘Sibmah’ in a poetic parallelism that imagines the city mourning itself.
In context — Isaiah 16:9
Therefore I will weep with Jazer’s lament for the vine of Sibmah; I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh, for the shout over your summer fruit and your harvest has fallen.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 16:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 16:9, so the Hebrew word יַעְזֵר֙ (yazer) 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.16.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.9.W4.S1) and character.