Isaiah 17:7:5Isa.17.7.W5TAB
עַל־עֹשֵׂ֑הוּ
alosehu
“to his maker”
- Transliteration
- al-o-SE-hu
- Extended
- ahl-oh-SEEH-hoo
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʕoːˈseː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to his maker
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
al-o-SE-hu
- clause
ba-YOM ha-HU yish-e ha-a-DAM al-o-SE-hu
- sentence
ba-YOM ha-HU yish-e ha-a-DAM al-o-SE-hu ve-e-NA-yv el-ke-DOSH yis-ra-EL tir-e-NA
Exegesis
The prepositional construction al-osehu {עַל־עֹשֵׂ֑הוּ | ʿal-ʿō·sē·hū} highlights reliance on the Maker through its agentive participle.
Root and etymology
ʿ-sh-hayin–shin–heh
“to make, do”
In context — Isaiah 17:7
In that day, the man will look to his Maker , and his eyes will gaze upon the Holy One of Israel .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 17:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 17:7, so the Hebrew word עַל־עֹשֵׂ֑הוּ (alosehu) 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.17.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.17.7.W5.S1) and character.