Isaiah 20:5:2Isa.20.5.W2TAB

וָבֹ֑שׁוּ

vavoshu

and they will be ashamed

Transliteration
va-VO-shu
Extended
vaa-VOH-shoo
IPA
/vaːˈvoːʃuː/

Meaning by language

English
and they will be ashamed

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וָ + בֹ֑ + שׁוּ
va + vo + shu
vavoshu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    va-VO-shu

  2. clause

    ve-kha-TU va-VO-shu

  3. sentence

    ve-kha-TU va-VO-shu mi-KUSH ma-ba-TAM u-min-MI-tse-ra-YIM tif-e-AR-TAM

Exegesis

The verse begins with the vav-consecutive sequence vechatu {וְחַתּוּ | wə-ḥaṭ-ṭû} ‘and they will be afraid’ followed by vaboshu {וָבֹשׁוּ | wā-ḇō-šû} ‘and they will be ashamed’, establishing a prophetic progression.

In contextIsaiah 20:5

And they will be afraid and be ashamed of Cush, their expectation , and of Egypt, their glory .

About this coordinate

Isaiah 20:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 20:5, so the Hebrew word וָבֹ֑שׁוּ (vavoshu) 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.20.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.20.5.W2.S1) and character.