Isaiah 18:6:5Isa.18.6.W5TAB
וּֽלְבֶהֱמַ֖ת
ulevehemat
“and to the beast of”
- Transliteration
- u-le-ve-he-MAT
- Extended
- oo-leh-veh-heh-MAHT
- IPA
- /uːləvɛhɛˈmat/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the beast of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
u-le-ve-he-MAT
- 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 18:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 18:6, so the Hebrew word וּֽלְבֶהֱמַ֖ת (ulevehemat) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.6.W5.S1) and character.