Isaiah 16:9:9Isa.16.9.W9TAB
חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן
kheshbon
“Heshbon”
- Transliteration
- khe-shBON
- Extended
- khehsh-BOHN
- IPA
- /ħɛʃˈboːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Heshbon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khe-shBON
- 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
Vocatives heshbon {חֶשְׁבּוֹן | ḥesh-bôn} and ve-elaleh {וְאֶלְעָלֵה | wə-ʾel-ʿā-lêh} name the afflicted towns.
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 16:9:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 16:9, so the Hebrew word חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן (kheshbon) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.9.W9.S1) and character.