Isaiah 18:7:14Isa.18.7.W14TAB
קַו־קָ֣ו
kavkav
“line, line”
- Transliteration
- kav-KAV
- Extended
- kahv-KAAV
- IPA
- /qavˈqaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- line, line
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
kav-KAV
- phraseyour reading level
GOY kav-KAV u-me-vu-SA
- clause
GOY kav-KAV u-me-vu-SA a-SHER ba-ze-U ne-ha-RIM ar-TSO el-me-KOM SHEM-ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT har-TSI-YON
- sentence
ba-ET ha-HI yu-VAL-SHAI la-ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT AM me-mu-SHAKH u-mo-RAT u-me-AM no-RA min-HU va-ha-le-A GOY kav-KAV u-me-vu-SA a-SHER ba-ze-U ne-ha-RIM ar-TSO el-me-KOM SHEM-ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT har-TSI-YON
Exegesis
The idiom qav-qav umevusah {קַו־קָו וּמְבוּסָה | qāw-qāw ū-me-vū-ṣāh} ‘line by line and trodden down’ intensifies subjugation.
Root and etymology
q-w-wqof–waw–waw
“measuring line”
In context — Isaiah 18:7
At that time, tribute shall be brought to the LORD of hosts from a people drawn out and peeled , and from a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation line by line and trodden down, whose land the rivers have despoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, Mount Zion.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 18:7:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Isaiah 18:7, so the Hebrew word קַו־קָ֣ו (kavkav) 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.18.7.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.7.W14.S1) and character.