Isaiah 18:3:8Isa.18.3.W8TAB
וְכִתְקֹ֥עַ
vekhitkoa
“and when {one} blows”
- Transliteration
- ve-khit-ko-A
- Extended
- veh-khihth-koh-AH
- IPA
- /vəχitqoːˈʕa/
Meaning by language
- English
- and when {one} blows
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
ve-khit-ko-A
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khit-ko-A sho-FAR
- clause
ki-ne-SO-NEIS ha-RIM tir-E-U ve-khit-ko-A sho-FAR tish-ma-U
- sentence
KAL-yo-she-VEI te-VEL ve-sho-khe-NEI A-rets ki-ne-SO-NEIS ha-RIM tir-E-U ve-khit-ko-A sho-FAR tish-ma-U
Exegesis
Temporal clauses kî-nə-sōʾ-nēs hā-rîm {כִּנְשֹׂא־נֵס הָרִים֙ | kî-nə-sōʾ-nēs hā-rîm} ‘when a banner is lifted up on the mountains’ and wə-kiṯ-qō-ʿaʿ šō-pāʾr {וְכִתְקֹעַ שׁוֹפָ֖ר | wə-kiṯ-qō-ʿaʿ šō-pāʾr} ‘and when the trumpet is sounded’ each use a Qal infinitive construct for the sign action.
In context — Isaiah 18:3
All you inhabitants of the world and those who dwell on the earth: when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; and when the trumpet is sounded, you will hear.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 18:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 18:3, so the Hebrew word וְכִתְקֹ֥עַ (vekhitkoa) 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.18.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.3.W8.S1) and character.