Isaiah 19:4:8Isa.19.4.W8TAB
יִמְשָׁל־בָּ֔ם
yimshalbam
“will rule over them”
- Transliteration
- yim-SHAL-BAM
- Extended
- yihm-SHAAL-BAAM
- IPA
- /jimˈʃaːl.baːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- will rule over them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yim-SHAL-BAM
- clause
u-ME-lekh AZ yim-SHAL-BAM ne-UM ha-a-DON ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT
- sentence
ve-sik-KAR-ti et-mits-RA-yim be-YAD a-do-NIM ka-SHE u-ME-lekh AZ yim-SHAL-BAM ne-UM ha-a-DON ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT
Exegesis
The clause u-melekh az yimshol-bam {וּמֶלֶךְ עַז יִמְשָׁל־בָּם | u-me-lekh ˓ăz yim-šal-bām} introduces a powerful king who will govern them.
In context — Isaiah 19:4
And I will deliver Egypt into the hand of a cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them; this is the declaration of the Lord the LORD of hosts .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 19:4, so the Hebrew word יִמְשָׁל־בָּ֔ם (yimshalbam) 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.19.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.4.W8.S1) and character.