Isaiah 19:14:10Isa.19.14.W10TAB
שִׁכּ֖וֹר
shikor
“a drunkard”
- Transliteration
- shi-KOR
- Extended
- shih-KOHR
- IPA
- /ʃikˈkoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a drunkard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shi-KOR
- phraseyour reading level
ke-hit-ta-OT shi-KOR
- clause
ve-hit-E-U et-mits-ra-YIM be-khol-ma-a-SE-hu ke-hit-ta-OT shi-KOR be-ki-O
- sentence
ye-ho-VAH ma-SAKH be-kir-BA RU-akh i-ve-IM ve-hit-E-U et-mits-ra-YIM be-khol-ma-a-SE-hu ke-hit-ta-OT shi-KOR be-ki-O
Exegesis
The final simile kehittaot shikor beqio {כְּהִתְע֥וֹת שִׁכּ֖וֹר בְּקִיאֽוֹ | kə-hiṯ-tā‘ôt ši-kôr bə-qî-’ō} ‘like a drunkard staggering in his vomit’ uses a Hifil infinitive construct to illustrate disorientation and degradation.
In context — Isaiah 19:14
The LORD has mixed a spirit of confusion within her, and they have led Egypt astray in all its work, like a drunkard staggering in his vomit.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:14:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Isaiah 19:14, so the Hebrew word שִׁכּ֖וֹר (shikor) 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.19.14.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.14.W10.S1) and character.