Isaiah 17:10:4Isa.17.10.W4TAB
יִשְׁעֵ֔ךְ
yishekh
“your salvation”
- Transliteration
- yish-EKH
- Extended
- yihsh-EKH
- IPA
- /jiʃˈʕeːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- your salvation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yish-EKH
- phraseyour reading level
e-lo-HE yish-EKH
- clause
KI sha-KHAKH-at e-lo-HE yish-EKH ve-TSUR ma-u-ZEKh LO za-KHARKH-at
- sentence
KI sha-KHAKH-at e-lo-HE yish-EKH ve-TSUR ma-u-ZEKh LO za-KHARKH-at al-KEN tit-E-I nit-E na-a-ma-NIM u-ze-MO-rat ZAR tiz-ra-E-NO
Exegesis
The construct chains Elohei yishʿekh {אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׁעֵךְ | ʾĕlōhê yišʿēḵ} ‘God of your salvation’ and tzur maʿuzzekh {צור מָעֻזֵּךְ | ṣūr māʿûzēḵ} ‘Rock of your refuge’ depict dual divine roles.
Root and etymology
RootYod, Shin, Ayin
“to save”
In context — Isaiah 17:10
Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation and have not remembered the Rock of your refuge, therefore you plant pleasing growths and sow a foreign shoot.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 17:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 17:10, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁעֵ֔ךְ (yishekh) 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.17.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.17.10.W4.S1) and character.