Isaiah 18:7:7Isa.18.7.W7TAB
מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְ
memushakh
“drawn out or tall”
- Transliteration
- me-mu-SHAKH
- Extended
- meh-muh-SHAAKH
- IPA
- /mə.muʃˈʃaːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- drawn out or tall
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-mu-SHAKH
- phraseyour reading level
me-mu-SHAKH u-mo-RAT
- clause
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
- 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 series of passive participles memushach {מְמֻשָּׁךְ | mə-mu-šāḥ} ‘drawn out,’ umorat {וּמוֹרָט | ū-mō-rāṭ} ‘peeled,’ and nora {נוֹרָא | nō-rāʾ} ‘awesome’ portrays nations both stripped and formidable.
Root and etymology
Rootm-sh-k
“draw, stretch”
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 18:7:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Isaiah 18:7, so the Hebrew word מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְ (memushakh) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.7.W7.S1) and character.