Isaiah 19:8:10Isa.19.8.W10TAB
אֻמְלָֽלוּ׃
umlalu
“they will languish”
- Transliteration
- um-la-LU
- Extended
- uhm-lah-LUU
- IPA
- /ʔum.lɔˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they will languish
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
um-la-LU
- clause
u-fo-re-SE mikh-mo-RET al-pe-NE-ma-YIM um-la-LU
- sentence
ve-A-nu ha-dai-ya-GIM ve-av-LU kal-ma-shli-KHE va-ye-OR KHA-ka u-fo-re-SE mikh-mo-RET al-pe-NE-ma-YIM um-la-LU
Exegesis
The final verb umlalu {אֻמְלָֽלוּ | ŭm-lā-lû} ‘will languish’ conveys resultant physical and emotional depletion. Rendering three coordinated clauses in English preserves the Hebrew poetic parallelism and rhythm.
Root and etymology
m-l-lMem–Lamed–Lamed
“to languish”
In context — Isaiah 19:8
And the fishermen will mourn, and all who cast a hook in the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets upon the surface of the waters will languish.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Isaiah 19:8, so the Hebrew word אֻמְלָֽלוּ׃ (umlalu) 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.19.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.8.W10.S1) and character.