Isaiah 19:3:8Isa.19.3.W8TAB
וְאֶל־הָ֣אִטִּ֔ים
veelhaittim
“and to the whisperers or the sorcerers”
- Transliteration
- ve-el-ha-it-TIM
- Extended
- veh-ehl-hah-ihT-TEEM
- IPA
- /vəʔɛl.hɔʔitˈtiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the whisperers or the sorcerers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| 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-it-TIM
- 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.
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 19:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 19:3, so the Hebrew word וְאֶל־הָ֣אִטִּ֔ים (veelhaittim) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.3.W8.S1) and character.