Isaiah 20:6:17Isa.20.6.W17TAB
נִמָּלֵ֥ט
nimmalet
“shall we escape”
- Transliteration
- nim-ma-LET
- Extended
- nihm-maa-LEET
- IPA
- /nimːaːˈleːt̪/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall we escape
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nim-ma-LET
- phraseyour reading level
nim-ma-LET a-NAKH-nu
- clause
ve-EKH nim-ma-LET a-NAKH-nu
- sentence
ve-a-MAR yo-SHEV ha-I ha-ZE ba-YOM ha-HU hin-NE-KHO ma-ba-TE-nu a-sher-NAS-nu SHAM le-ez-RA le-hin-na-TSEL mip-pe-NE ME-lekh a-SHUR ve-EKH nim-ma-LET a-NAKH-nu
Exegesis
The rhetorical question ve’eikh nimmalet anachnu {וְאֵיךְ נִמָּלֵט אֲנַחְנוּ | wə-ʾêyk nim-mā-lēṭ ʾa-naḥ-nû} closes with despair, mirroring the Hebrew’s dramatic arc.
In context — Isaiah 20:6
And the inhabitant of this coastland will say in that day, “Behold, such is our expectation , where we fled for help, to be delivered from the king of Assyria, and how shall we escape?”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 20:6:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Isaiah 20:6, so the Hebrew word נִמָּלֵ֥ט (nimmalet) 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.20.6.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.20.6.W17.S1) and character.