Isaiah 19:8:9Isa.19.8.W9TAB
עַל־פְּנֵי־מַ֖יִם
alpenemayim
“upon {the} face of water”
- Transliteration
- al-pe-NE-ma-YIM
- Extended
- ahl-peh-NEE-mah-YIM
- IPA
- /ʕal.pəˈneː.maˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon {the} face of water
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-pe-NE-ma-YIM
- 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 locative construct chain al-penei-mayim {עַל־פְּנֵי־מַ֖יִם | ʿal-pə-ṇê-ma-yîm} ‘upon the surface of the waters’ focuses on immediate setting.
Root and etymology
mem-yod-memm-y-m
“water”
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 19:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 19:8, so the Hebrew word עַל־פְּנֵי־מַ֖יִם (alpenemayim) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.8.W9.S1) and character.