Isaiah 17:9:15Isa.17.9.W15TAB
שְׁמָמָֽה׃
shemama
“desolation”
- Transliteration
- she-ma-MA
- Extended
- sheh-maa-MAA
- IPA
- /ʃəmaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- desolation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-ma-MA
- clause
ve-ha-ye-TA she-ma-MA
- sentence
ba-YOM ha-HU yih-YU a-RE ma-u-ZO ka-a-zu-VAT ha-KHO-resh ve-ha-a-MIR a-SHER az-VU mip-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL ve-ha-ye-TA she-ma-MA
Exegesis
The final wə-hāyəṯā šəmāmâ {וְהָיְתָ֖ה שְׁמָמָֽה | wə-hāyəṯā šəmāmâ} ‘and it will become desolation’ presents the outcome. English word order preserves Hebrew chaining and vav-consecutive syntax for theological emphasis.
Root and etymology
Rootšmm
“to be desolate”
In context — Isaiah 17:9
On that day, his fortified cities will be like a forsaken place in the forest and like a topmost branch which they abandoned because of the children of Israel. And it will be desolation.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 17:9:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Isaiah 17:9, so the Hebrew word שְׁמָמָֽה׃ (shemama) 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.17.9.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.17.9.W15.S1) and character.