Isaiah 19:8:3Isa.19.8.W3TAB
וְאָ֣בְל֔וּ
veavlu
“and they will mourn”
- Transliteration
- ve-av-LU
- Extended
- veh-aav-LUU
- IPA
- /vəʔɔvˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will mourn
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-av-LU
- clause
ve-A-nu ha-dai-ya-GIM ve-av-LU kal-ma-shli-KHE va-ye-OR KHA-ka
- 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 verse unfolds in three parallel vav-consecutive clauses introduced by ve-anu {וְאָנוּ | wə-ʾānû} ‘and will mourn’ and ve-avlu {וְאָבְלוּ | wə-ʾāvəlû} ‘and will lament,’ signaling prophetic future actions.
Root and etymology
ʾ-v-lAleph–Bet–Lamed
“to mourn, lament”
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 19:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Isaiah 19:8, so the Hebrew word וְאָ֣בְל֔וּ (veavlu) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.8.W3.S1) and character.