Isaiah 17:6:12Isa.17.6.W12TAB

בִּסְעִפֶ֙יהָ֙

bisepeha

in its branches

Transliteration
bis-e-PE-ha
Extended
bihs-eh-PEH-hah
IPA
/bisʕiˈfɛhaː/

Meaning by language

English
in its branches

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בִּסְ + עִ + פֶ֙י + הָ֙
bis + e + pe + ha
bisepeha

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Samekhs as in sit
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Pep with dagesh; f without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    bis-e-PE-ha

  2. clause

    ar-ba-A kha-mi-SHA bis-e-PE-ha po-ri-YA ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE Israel

  3. sentence

    ve-nish-AR-BO o-le-LOT ke-NO-kef ZA-yit she-NA-yim she-lo-SHA gar-ge-RIM be-ROSH a-MIR ar-ba-A kha-mi-SHA bis-e-PE-ha po-ri-YA ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE Israel

Exegesis

The locator berosh amir {בְּרֹ֣אשׁ אָמִ֑יר | bə-rō-š ʾā-mîr} ‘at the top of the bough’ and the qualifier bise’ifeha poriyah {בִּסְעִפֶ֙יהָ֙ פֹּֽרִיָּ֔ה | bi-sʿi-pe-hā pō-rî-yā} ‘on its fruitful branches’ specify position and quality of the remnant fruit.

In contextIsaiah 17:6

And there will remain in it gleanings like the shaking of an olive tree—two or three berries at the top of the highest bough, four or five on its fruitful branches—declares the LORD God of Israel .

About this coordinate

Isaiah 17:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Isaiah 17:6, so the Hebrew word בִּסְעִפֶ֙יהָ֙ (bisepeha) 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.17.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.17.6.W12.S1) and character.