Isaiah 18:5:9Isa.18.5.W9TAB
הַזַּלְזַלִּים֙
hazalzalim
“the tendrils or shoots”
- Transliteration
- ha-zal-za-LIM
- Extended
- hah-zahl-zah-LEEM
- IPA
- /hazal.zaˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the tendrils or shoots
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
ha-zal-za-LIM
- 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
The object hazalzallim {הַזַּלְזַלִּים | haz-zal-zal-lîm} ‘sprigs/shoots’ is first targeted “with” bammazmerot {בַּמַּזְמֵרוֹת | bam-maz-mê-rôṯ} ‘pruning hooks’, and then ve'et-hanetishot {וְאֶת־הַנְּטִישׁוֹת | wə-ʾet-han-nə-ṭî-šôṯ} marks a second object for paired Hiphil verbs, hesir and hetaz, which together intensify the sense of thorough removal. The piling up of pruning actions and vine imagery functions as a metaphor of judgment that interrupts growth at the critical moment before the harvest.
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 18:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 18:5, so the Hebrew word הַזַּלְזַלִּים֙ (hazalzalim) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.5.W9.S1) and character.