Isaiah 20:1:5Isa.20.1.W5TAB

בִּשְׁלֹ֣ח

bishloakh

in sending

Transliteration
bish-LO-akh
Extended
bihsh-LOH-akh
IPA
/biʃˈloːħ/

Meaning by language

English
in sending

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בִּ + שְׁ + לֹ֣ח
bish + lo + akh
bishloakh

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    bish-LO-akh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    bish-LO-akh o-TO

  3. clause

    bish-NAT BO tar-TAN ash-do-DA bish-LO-akh o-TO sar-GON ME-lekh a-SHUR

  4. sentence

    bish-NAT BO tar-TAN ash-do-DA bish-LO-akh o-TO sar-GON ME-lekh a-SHUR va-yil-LA-khem be-ash-DOD va-yil-ke-DA

Exegesis

It is followed by the prepositional infinitive bishloach oto {בִּשְׁלֹ֣ח אֹת֔וֹ | biš-lō-āḥ ’ō-tō} ‘upon sending him,’ which introduces the cause for the ensuing action.

In contextIsaiah 20:1

In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod , when Sargon king of Assyria sent him, he fought against Ashdod and captured it.

About this coordinate

Isaiah 20:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 20:1, so the Hebrew word בִּשְׁלֹ֣ח (bishloakh) 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.20.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.20.1.W5.S1) and character.