Isaiah 18:7:17Isa.18.7.W17TAB
בָּזְא֤וּ
bazeu
“have divided”
- Transliteration
- ba-ze-U
- Extended
- baa-zeh-OO
- IPA
- /baːzəˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- have divided
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ba-ze-U
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ba-ze-U ne-ha-RIM
- 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 perfect baz’u neharim {בָּזְא֤וּ נְהָרִים | bāz-’û ne-hā-rîm} ‘the rivers have despoiled’ personifies the waters as destructive agents.
Root and etymology
Rootb-z-ʾ
“plunder, spoil”
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 18:7:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Isaiah 18:7, so the Hebrew word בָּזְא֤וּ (bazeu) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.7.W17.S1) and character.