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

Result
יִשְׁ + עֵ֔ךְ
yish + ekh
yishekh

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    yish-EKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    e-lo-HE yish-EKH

  3. clause

    KI sha-KHAKH-at e-lo-HE yish-EKH ve-TSUR ma-u-ZEKh LO za-KHARKH-at

  4. 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 contextIsaiah 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.