Isaiah 17:3:1Isa.17.3.W1TAB
וְנִשְׁבַּ֤ת
venishbat
“and will be cut off”
- Transliteration
- ve-nish-BAT
- Extended
- veh-nihs-BAT
- IPA
- /vəniʃˈbat/
Meaning by language
- English
- and will be cut off
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-nish-BAT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-nish-BAT miv-TSAR
- clause
ve-nish-BAT miv-TSAR me-ef-RA-yim u-mam-la-KHA mid-dam-ME-sek u-she-AR a-RAM
- sentence
ve-nish-BAT miv-TSAR me-ef-RA-yim u-mam-la-KHA mid-dam-ME-sek u-she-AR a-RAM ki-khe-VOD be-NEI-yis-ra-EL yih-HE-yu ne-UM Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive perfect in the Nifal stem, venishbat {וְנִשְׁבַּ֤ת | wə-nišbaṯ} ‘and will cease’, indicating immediate effect.
In context — Isaiah 17:3
And the fortress will cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Aram will be like the glory of the people of Israel—declares the LORD of hosts .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 17:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 17:3, so the Hebrew word וְנִשְׁבַּ֤ת (venishbat) 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.17.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.17.3.W1.S1) and character.