Isaiah 19:14:11Isa.19.14.W11TAB
בְּקִיאֽוֹ׃
bekio
“in his vomit”
- Transliteration
- be-ki-O
- Extended
- beh-kee-OH
- IPA
- /bəqiˈʔoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in his vomit
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
be-ki-O
- 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 19:14:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Isaiah 19:14, so the Hebrew word בְּקִיאֽוֹ׃ (bekio) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.14.W11.S1) and character.