Isaiah 17:9:8Isa.17.9.W8TAB
וְהָ֣אָמִ֔יר
vehaamir
“and the treetop”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-a-MIR
- Extended
- veh-haa-ah-MEER
- IPA
- /vəhaː.ʔaːˈmiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the treetop
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ve-ha-a-MIR
- clause
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
- 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 comparison kaʻăzûvat haḥōreš {כַּעֲזוּבַ֤ת הַחֹ֙רֶשׁ֙ | kaʻăzûvat haḥōreš} ‘like a forsaken thing of the forest’ and wə-hāʼāmîr {וְהָ֣אָמִ֔יר | wə-hāʼāmîr} ‘and the topmost branch’ uses a construct chain with vav coordination.
Root and etymology
Rootʾmr
“uppermost branch”
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 17:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 17:9, so the Hebrew word וְהָ֣אָמִ֔יר (vehaamir) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.17.9.W8.S1) and character.