Isaiah 19:23:7Isa.19.23.W7TAB
וּבָֽא־אַשּׁ֥וּר
uvaashur
“and Assyria will come”
- Transliteration
- u-VA-a-shur
- Extended
- oo-vaa-ah-SHOOR
- IPA
- /uːvaːˈʔaʃ.ʃuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Assyria will come
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-VA-a-shur
- phraseyour reading level
u-VA-a-shur be-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
Sequential vav-consecutive perfect forms ū-vāʾ {וּבָֽא | ū-vāʾ} ‘and came’ and wə-ʿāḇdû {וְעָבְד֥וּ | wə-ʿāḇdû} ‘and served’ depict the unfolding vision. The chiastic structure ashur be-mitsrayim u-mitsrayim be-ashur ‘Assyria in Egypt and Egypt in Assyria’ uses parallelism to underscore mutual movement.
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-rʾ-š-r
“to go straight”
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 19:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Isaiah 19:23, so the Hebrew word וּבָֽא־אַשּׁ֥וּר (uvaashur) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.23.W7.S1) and character.