Isaiah 19:9:3Isa.19.9.W3TAB

פִשְׁתִּ֖ים

fishteim

flax

Transliteration
fish-TE-im
Extended
fihsh-TEH-ihm
IPA
/fiʃˈtːiːm/

Meaning by language

English
flax

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
פִ + שְׁ + תִּ֖ים
fish + te + im
fishteim

Alphabet Analysis

Pep with dagesh; f without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    fish-TE-im

  2. phraseyour reading level

    o-ve-DE fish-TE-im

  3. clause

    u-VO-shu o-ve-DE fish-TE-im se-ri-KOT

  4. sentence

    u-VO-shu o-ve-DE fish-TE-im se-ri-KOT ve-or-GIM kho-RAI

Exegesis

The construct chain ovdei pishtim {עֹבְדֵי פִשְׁתִּים | ʿô-ḇə-dêy p̄ištîm} ‘workers of flax’ functions as the object of the shaming.

Root and etymology

p-sh-tpe–shin–tet

flax, to strip

In contextIsaiah 19:9

And the workers of flax shall be ashamed, those making combed threads , and the weavers of white cloths.

About this coordinate

Isaiah 19:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Isaiah 19:9, so the Hebrew word פִשְׁתִּ֖ים (fishteim) 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.19.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.9.W3.S1) and character.