Isaiah 16:9:6Isa.16.9.W6TAB
שִׂבְמָ֔ה
sivma
“Sibmah”
- Transliteration
- siv-MA
- Extended
- sihv-MAA
- IPA
- /sivˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Sibmah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
siv-MA
- phraseyour reading level
GE-fen siv-MA
- 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 16:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 16:9, so the Hebrew word שִׂבְמָ֔ה (sivma) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.9.W6.S1) and character.