Isaiah 18:4:8Isa.18.4.W8TAB
וְאַבִּ֣יטָה
veabita
“and I will look”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-bi-TA
- Extended
- veh-ah-bih-TAA
- IPA
- /vəʔab.biːˈtˤaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will look
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-bi-TA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-bi-TA vim-kho-NI
- 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.
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 18:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 18:4, so the Hebrew word וְאַבִּ֣יטָה (veabita) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.4.W8.S1) and character.