Isaiah 19:3:10Isa.19.3.W10TAB

וְאֶל־הַיִּדְּעֹנִֽים׃

veelhayideonim

“and to the knowing ones or the necromancers”

Transliteration: ve-el-ha-yid-e-o-NIM
Extended: veh-ehl-hah-yihd-deh-oh-NEEM
IPA: /vəʔɛl.haj.jid.dəʕoːˈniːm/

Meaning by language

English: and to the knowing ones or the necromancers

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + אֶל + הַ + יִּ + דְּ + עֹ + נִֽים׃

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ve + el + ha + yid + e + o + nim

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veelhayideonim

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Lamed	l as in law
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Dalet	d as in door
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Ayin	deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Nun	n as in new
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Mem Sofit	final form of Mem — at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
ve-el-ha-yid-e-o-NIM
clause
ve-dar-SHU el-ha-e-li-LIM ve-el-ha-it-TIM ve-el-ha-o-VOT ve-el-ha-yid-e-o-NIM
sentence
ve-nav-KA RU-akh-mits-ra-YIM be-kir-BO va-a-tsa-TO a-val-LE-a ve-dar-SHU el-ha-e-li-LIM ve-el-ha-it-TIM ve-el-ha-o-VOT ve-el-ha-yid-e-o-NIM

Exegesis

The perfect verb vedarshu {וְדָרְשׁוּ | dā-rə-šū} ‘they will seek’ introduces reliance on non-divine sources: idols elilim {אֱלִילִים | ʾelī-lîm} ‘idols’, charmers itim {אִטִּים | ʾî-tîm} ‘charmers’, mediums ovot {אֹבֹות | ō-voṯ} ‘mediums’, and wizards yiddeonim {יִּדְּעֹנִֽים | yid-de-ʿō-nîm} ‘wizards’. The cumulative asyndeton with repeated vav conjunctions intensifies the depiction of spiritual collapse.

Root and etymology

Rootyod–dalet–ayin

“to know; familiar spirit”

In context — Isaiah 19:3

The spirit of Egypt will be emptied in its midst, and I will swallow up its counsel; they will seek to the idols, to the charmers, to the spirits of the dead, and to the wizards .

About this coordinate

Isaiah 19:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Isaiah 19:3, so the Hebrew word וְאֶל־הַיִּדְּעֹנִֽים׃ (veelhayideonim) 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.19.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.3.W10.S1) and character.

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