Isaiah 17:13:11Isa.17.13.W11TAB
כְּמֹ֤ץ
kemots
“like chaff”
- Transliteration
- ke-MOTS
- Extended
- keh-MOHTS
- IPA
- /kəˈmoːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- like chaff
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ke-MOTS
- phraseyour reading level
ke-MOTS ha-RIM
- clause
ve-rud-DAF ke-MOTS ha-RIM lif-ne-RU-akh u-khe-gal-GAL lif-NE su-FA
- sentence
le-um-MIM kish-e-ON MA-yim ra-BIM yish-SA-un ve-ga-AR BO ve-NAS mim-me-r-khak ve-rud-DAF ke-MOTS ha-RIM lif-ne-RU-akh u-khe-gal-GAL lif-NE su-FA
Exegesis
Two parallel similes—kə-mōṣ hā-rîm {כְּמֹ֤ץ הָרִים֙ | kə-mōṣ hā-rîm} ‘like chaff of the mountains’ and û-kə-ḡal-gal {וּכְגַלְגַּ֖ל | û-kə-ḡal-gal} ‘and like a wheel’—each modified by lifnê-rû-aḥ {לִפְנֵי־ר֔וּחַ | lif-nê-rû-aḥ} ‘before wind’ and lif-nê sû-phâ {לִפְנֵ֥י סוּפָֽה׃ | lif-nê sû-phâ} ‘before the whirlwind’, build a crescendo of unstoppable judgment. English rendering preserves the vav-consecutive narrative flow and the paired similes for heightened poetic intensity.
Root and etymology
m-w-ṣmem–vav–tsade
“chaff, refuse”
In context — Isaiah 17:13
The nations will roar like the roar of many waters , but He will rebuke them, and they will flee far away; they will be pursued like chaff on the mountains before the wind, and like a wheel before the whirlwind.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 17:13:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Isaiah 17:13, so the Hebrew word כְּמֹ֤ץ (kemots) 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.17.13.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.17.13.W11.S1) and character.