Isaiah 18:2:20Isa.18.2.W20TAB
נְהָרִ֖ים
neharim
“rivers”
- Transliteration
- ne-ha-RIM
- Extended
- neh-haa-REEM
- IPA
- /nəhaːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- rivers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ne-ha-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-ba-ze-U ne-ha-RIM
- clause
GOY kav-KAV u-me-vu-SA a-SHER-ba-ze-U ne-ha-RIM ar-TSO
- sentence
ha-sho-LE-akh ba-YAM tsi-RIM u-vikh-LE-GO-me al-pe-NE-ma-YIM le-KHU mal-a-KHIM ka-LIM el-GOY me-mu-SHAKH u-mo-RAT el-AM no-RA min-HU va-ha-le-A GOY kav-KAV u-me-vu-SA a-SHER-ba-ze-U ne-ha-RIM ar-TSO
Exegesis
Finally, the relative clause asher-baz’u neharim artzo {אֲשֶׁר־בָּזְא֥וּ נְהָרִים אַרְצֽוֹ | ʾă-šer bā-zə-ʾû nə-hā-rîm ʾar-ṣōʾ} ‘whose land the rivers divide’ reflects the geographical function of rivers as dividers rather than agents of plunder.
In context — Isaiah 18:2
Which sends envoys by sea and in vessels of papyrus upon the surface of the waters, saying, “Go, swift messengers, to a nation drawn out and peeled, to a people awesome from its beginning onwards, a nation measured line by line and trampled, whose land the rivers divide.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 18:2:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Isaiah 18:2, so the Hebrew word נְהָרִ֖ים (neharim) 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.18.2.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.2.W20.S1) and character.