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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-MIR
- phraseyour reading level
be-ROSH a-MIR
- 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
- 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 context — Isaiah 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.