Isaiah 18:6:3Isa.18.6.W3TAB
לְעֵ֣יט
leit
“to the bird of prey”
- Transliteration
- le-IT
- Extended
- leh-EET
- IPA
- /ləˈʕeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the bird of prey
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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Word in context
- word
le-IT
- phraseyour reading level
le-IT ha-RIM
- clause
ye-a-ZE-VU yakh-DAV le-IT ha-RIM u-le-ve-he-MAT ha-A-rets
- sentence
ye-a-ZE-VU yakh-DAV le-IT ha-RIM u-le-ve-he-MAT ha-A-rets ve-KATS a-LAV ha-A-yit ve-KHOL-be-he-MAT ha-A-rets a-LAV te-khe-RAF
Exegesis
The prepositional pairs leʿēt hārîm {לְעֵיט הָרִים | lə-ʿēṯ hā-rîm} ‘to the bird of prey of the mountains’ and ū-le-vĕhē-māṯ hā-ʾāreṣ {וּלְבֶהֱמַת הָאָרֶץ | ū-lə-ḇe-hē-māṯ hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘and to the beast of the land’ form a merismus encompassing all carrion creatures.
Root and etymology
ע־י־ט
“to swoop”
In context — Isaiah 18:6
They shall be left together to the bird of prey of the mountains and to the beast of the land; and the bird of prey shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the land shall winter upon them.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 18:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Isaiah 18:6, so the Hebrew word לְעֵ֣יט (leit) 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.18.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.6.W3.S1) and character.