Isaiah 19:17:10Isa.19.17.W10TAB
אֵלָ֖יו
elav
“to him”
- Transliteration
- e-LAV
- Extended
- eh-LAAV
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈlɔːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- to him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
e-LAV
- clause
ve-ha-ye-TA ad-maT ye-hu-DA le-mits-ra-YIM le-kha-GA KOL a-SHER yaz-KIR o-TA e-LAV yif-KHAD
- sentence
ve-ha-ye-TA ad-maT ye-hu-DA le-mits-ra-YIM le-kha-GA KOL a-SHER yaz-KIR o-TA e-LAV yif-KHAD mip-ne a-TSAT ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-sher-HU yo-ETS a-LAV
Exegesis
The relative clause introduced by kol asher {כֹּל אֲשֶׁר | kol ă-šer} ‘everyone who’ governs yazkir otah elav {יַזְכִּיר אֹתָהּ אֵלָיו | yăz-kîr ʾō-ṯāh ʾē-lā-yōw} ‘mentions it to him’, leading into the result clause yiphchad {יִפְחָד | yip-ḥāḏ} ‘will fear’.
In context — Isaiah 19:17
And the land of Judah shall become a terror to Egypt; everyone who mentions it will be afraid for himself because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts that He has determined against it.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:17:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Isaiah 19:17, so the Hebrew word אֵלָ֖יו (elav) 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.19.17.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.17.W10.S1) and character.