Isaiah 19:8:6Isa.19.8.W6TAB

חַכָּ֑ה

khaka

{a} hook

Transliteration
KHA-ka
Extended
KHAH-kah
IPA
/ħaːˈkaː/

Meaning by language

English
{a} hook

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Result
חַ + כָּ֑ה
kha + ka
khaka

Alphabet Analysis

Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    KHA-ka

  2. clause

    ve-A-nu ha-dai-ya-GIM ve-av-LU kal-ma-shli-KHE va-ye-OR KHA-ka

  3. 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

Each construct participle clause—mashlikhei ba-ya-or khakah {מַשְׁלִיכֵ֥י בַיְא֖וֹר חַכָּ֑ה | maš-lî-ḵê ba-yé-ʾôr ḥaḵ-kāh} ‘those who cast a hook in the Nile’ and u-forshei mikmoret {וּפֹרְשֵׂ֥י מִכְמֹ֛רֶת | ū-pôr-śê miḵ-mō-rêt} ‘those who spread nets’—uses participles to express habitual fishing practices. The merismus between hook and net underscores the totality of fishing methods.

In contextIsaiah 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 19:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 19:8, so the Hebrew word חַכָּ֑ה (khaka) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.8.W6.S1) and character.