Isaiah 18:4:7Isa.18.4.W7TAB
אֶשְׁקֳטָ֖ה
eshekota
“I will be quiet or I will keep still”
- Transliteration
- e-she-ko-TA
- Extended
- eh-sheh-koh-TAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛʃ.qɔ̆ˈtˤaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will be quiet or I will keep still
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hateph Qamets | reduced 'oh' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
e-she-ko-TA
- phraseyour reading level
e-sho-KO-ta e-she-ko-TA
- clause
KI KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI e-sho-KO-ta e-she-ko-TA ve-a-bi-TA vim-kho-NI
- sentence
KI KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI e-sho-KO-ta e-she-ko-TA ve-a-bi-TA vim-kho-NI ke-KHOM TSAKH a-LE-OR ke-AV TAL be-KHOM ka-TSIR
Exegesis
The cohortative verbs eshqotah {אֶשְׁקֳטָה | ʾĕš-qō-ṭāh} ‘I will be quiet’ and ve-avittah {וְאַבִּיטָה | wə-ʾab-bî-ṭāh} ‘and I will look’ form a coordinated volitional structure expressing deliberate divine restraint and observation.
Root and etymology
š-q-ṭš–q–ṭ
“be at rest”
In context — Isaiah 18:4
For thus the LORD said to me, “I will be quiet and I will observe from My dwelling place, like clear heat upon the light, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 18:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Isaiah 18:4, so the Hebrew word אֶשְׁקֳטָ֖ה (eshekota) 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.18.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.4.W7.S1) and character.