Isaiah 17:5:12Isa.17.5.W12TAB
רְפָאִֽים׃
refaim
“Rephaim”
- Transliteration
- re-fa-IM
- Extended
- reh-faa-EEM
- IPA
- /rəfaːˈʔiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Rephaim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
re-fa-IM
- phraseyour reading level
be-E-mek re-fa-IM
- clause
ve-ha-YA kim-la-KET shi-bo-LIM be-E-mek re-fa-IM
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ke-e-SOF ka-TSIR ka-MA u-ze-RO shi-bo-LIM yik-TSOR ve-ha-YA kim-la-KET shi-bo-LIM be-E-mek re-fa-IM
Exegesis
The concluding prepositional phrase b’ēmek r’fa’im {בְּעֵמֶק רְפָאִים | bə-’ê-mek rə-pā-’îm} ‘in the valley of Rephaim’ grounds the imagery geographically. This syntactic parallelism emphasizes the desolation and gleaning envisioned in the prophecy.
In context — Isaiah 17:5
And it will be as when a harvester gathers the standing grain , and with his arm he reaps the ears of grain. And it will be as one who picks up ears of grain in the Valley of Rephaim .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 17:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Isaiah 17:5, so the Hebrew word רְפָאִֽים׃ (refaim) 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.17.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.17.5.W12.S1) and character.