Isaiah 18:6:4Isa.18.6.W4TAB
הָרִ֔ים
harim
“of the mountains”
- Transliteration
- ha-RIM
- Extended
- haa-RIHM
- IPA
- /haˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the mountains
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-RIM
- 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.
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 18:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 18:6, so the Hebrew word הָרִ֔ים (harim) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.6.W4.S1) and character.