Isaiah 19:3:5Isa.19.3.W5TAB
אֲבַלֵּ֑עַ
avallea
“I will swallow up or I will confound”
- Transliteration
- a-val-LE-a
- Extended
- ah-vahl-LEE-ah
- IPA
- /ʔăvalˈle.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will swallow up or I will confound
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
a-val-LE-a
- clause
ve-nav-KA RU-akh-mits-ra-YIM be-kir-BO va-a-tsa-TO a-val-LE-a
- 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 verb avallea {אֲבַלֵּעַ | ʾă-bal-lē-ʻaʿ} ‘I will swallow up’ asserts divine action removing sound counsel.
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 19:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 19:3, so the Hebrew word אֲבַלֵּ֑עַ (avallea) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.3.W5.S1) and character.