Isaiah 17:11:2Isa.17.11.W2TAB
נִטְעֵךְ֙
niteekh
“your planting”
- Transliteration
- nit-e-EKH
- Extended
- niht-eh-EKH
- IPA
- /niṭ.ʕeːχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- your planting
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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
nit-e-EKH
- phraseyour reading level
be-YOM nit-e-EKH
- clause
be-YOM nit-e-EKH te-sag-se-GI u-va-BO-ker zar-e-EKH ta-fe-ri-KHI
- sentence
be-YOM nit-e-EKH te-sag-se-GI u-va-BO-ker zar-e-EKH ta-fe-ri-KHI NED ka-TSIR be-YOM na-kha-LA u-khe-EV a-NUSH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal marker be-yom {בְּי֤וֹם | bə-yōm} ‘in the day’ followed by the construct nit‘ekh {נִטְעֵךְ֙ | niṭ-‘ê-ḵ} ‘your planting’ and the intensive Piel verb tishagshegi {תְּשַׂגְשֵׂ֔גִי | tə-săg-šê-ḡî} ‘make luxuriant growth,’ forming a causal-temporal clause.
Root and etymology
נ-ט-ע
“to plant”
In context — Isaiah 17:11
On the day you plant, you cause it to spring up , and in the morning you make your seed flourish; the harvest becomes a heap on the day of grief and incurable pain.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 17:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 17:11, so the Hebrew word נִטְעֵךְ֙ (niteekh) 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.17.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.17.11.W2.S1) and character.