Isaiah 17:14:11Isa.17.14.W11TAB
וְגוֹרָ֖ל
vegoral
“and lot”
- Transliteration
- ve-go-RAL
- Extended
- veh-goh-RAAL
- IPA
- /vəɣoːˈraːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and lot
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
ve-go-RAL
- clause
ZE KHE-lek sho-SE-nu ve-go-RAL le-voz-ze-NU
- sentence
le-ET E-rev ve-hin-NE val-la-HA be-TE-rem BO-ker e-NEN-nu ZE KHE-lek sho-SE-nu ve-go-RAL le-voz-ze-NU
Exegesis
The demonstrative zeh {זֶה | zeh} ‘this’ then headlines a paired construct chelek {חֵלֶק | ḥê-leq} ‘portion’ and goral {גוֹרָל | gō-ral} ‘lot’, a form of synonymous parallelism, each modified by participles shosenu {שׁוֹסֵינוּ | šō-sê-nû} ‘those who plunder us’ and levozezenu {לְבֹזְזֵינוּ | lə-bō-zze-nû} ‘those who rob us’. This pairing underscores the total ruin decreed for the aggressors, preserved through parallel English phrasing and the abrupt narrative shift.
Root and etymology
Rootg-r-l
“to cast a lot, assign by lot”
In context — Isaiah 17:14
At the time of evening, behold terror ; before morning, it is no more. This is the portion of those who plunder us, and the lot of those who rob us.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 17:14:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Isaiah 17:14, so the Hebrew word וְגוֹרָ֖ל (vegoral) 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.17.14.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.17.14.W11.S1) and character.