Isaiah 17:6:9Isa.17.6.W9TAB

אָמִ֑יר

amir

of a treetop or highest branch

Transliteration
a-MIR
Extended
ah-MEER
IPA
/ʔaːˈmiːr/

Meaning by language

English
of a treetop or highest branch

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Result
אָ + מִ֑יר
a + mir
amir

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-MIR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-ROSH a-MIR

  3. clause

    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

  4. 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.

Root and etymology

Rootʾmr

uppermost branch

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 17:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 17:6, so the Hebrew word אָמִ֑יר (amir) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.17.6.W9.S1) and character.