Isaiah 18:5:8Isa.18.5.W8TAB
וְכָרַ֤ת
vekharat
“and he will cut off”
- Transliteration
- ve-kha-RAT
- Extended
- veh-khaa-RAT
- IPA
- /vəχaːˈrat/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he will cut off
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-kha-RAT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-kha-RAT ha-zal-za-LIM
- clause
ve-kha-RAT ha-zal-za-LIM ba-maz-me-ROT ve-ET-ha-ne-ti-SHOT he-SIR he-TAZ
- sentence
ki-lif-NE ka-TSIR ke-tam-PE-rakh u-VO-ser go-MEL yih-ye ni-TSa ve-kha-RAT ha-zal-za-LIM ba-maz-me-ROT ve-ET-ha-ne-ti-SHOT he-SIR he-TAZ
Exegesis
hesir hetaz {וְכָרַת … הֵסִיר הֵתַז | wə-ḵā-rat … hē-sîr hē-taz} uses perfect forms with vav in a predictive, prophetic setting, presenting the cutting as certain.
In context — Isaiah 18:5
For before the harvest, when the blossom is complete and the unripe grape is ripening, it will be a bud; He will cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and the tendrils He will remove and lop off.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 18:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 18:5, so the Hebrew word וְכָרַ֤ת (vekharat) 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.18.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.5.W8.S1) and character.