Isaiah 19:7:3Isa.19.7.W3TAB
עַל־פִּ֣י
alpi
“on the mouth of”
- Transliteration
- al-PI
- Extended
- ahl-PEE
- IPA
- /ʕalˈpiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the mouth of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-PI
- phraseyour reading level
al-PI ye-OR
- clause
A-rot al-ye-OR al-PI ye-OR
- sentence
A-rot al-ye-OR al-PI ye-OR ve-KHOL miz-RA ye-OR yi-VAHSH nid-DAF ve-E-ne-NU
Exegesis
The prepositional chains al-ye’or {עַל־יְאֹר | ʿal-yə-ʾôr} ‘upon the river’ and al-pi ye’or {עַל־פִּי יְאֹר | ʿal-pî yə-ʾôr} ‘at the mouth of the river’ specify the location.
In context — Isaiah 19:7
The bare places along the river, at the mouth-of the river, and every sown-field by the river will dry up , be driven away, and will be no more.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Isaiah 19:7, so the Hebrew word עַל־פִּ֣י (alpi) 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.19.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.7.W3.S1) and character.