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
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bish-LO-akh
- phraseyour reading level
bish-LO-akh o-TO
- clause
bish-NAT BO tar-TAN ash-do-DA bish-LO-akh o-TO sar-GON ME-lekh a-SHUR
- 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 context — Isaiah 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.