Isaiah 19:23:4Isa.19.23.W4TAB
מְסִלָּ֤ה
mesilla
“a highway”
- Transliteration
- me-sil-LA
- Extended
- meh-sihl-LAA
- IPA
- /məsilˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a highway
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-sil-LA
- phraseyour reading level
tih-yeh me-sil-LA mim-mits-ra-YIM
- clause
ba-YOM ha-HU tih-yeh me-sil-LA mim-mits-ra-YIM a-shu-RA u-VA-a-shur be-mits-ra-YIM u-mits-ra-YIM be-a-SHUR
- sentence
ba-YOM ha-HU tih-yeh me-sil-LA mim-mits-ra-YIM a-shu-RA u-VA-a-shur be-mits-ra-YIM u-mits-ra-YIM be-a-SHUR ve-a-ve-DU mits-ra-YIM et-a-shur
Exegesis
The imperfect tihyeh {תִּהְיֶ֨ה | ti-hyeh} functions existentially to predicate the subject mesillah {מְסִלָּ֤ה | mesillā} ‘highway.’
Root and etymology
s-l-ls-l-l
“to lift; make way”
In context — Isaiah 19:23
In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 19:23, so the Hebrew word מְסִלָּ֤ה (mesilla) 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.19.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.23.W4.S1) and character.