Isaiah 21:16:8Isa.21.16.W8TAB
שָׂכִ֔יר
sakhir
“a hired worker”
- Transliteration
- sa-KHIR
- Extended
- saa-KHEER
- IPA
- /saːˈχiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a hired worker
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
sa-KHIR
- phraseyour reading level
kish-NEI sa-KHIR
- clause
be-OD sha-NA kish-NEI sa-KHIR ve-kha-LA kal-ke-VOD ke-DAR
- sentence
ki-KHO a-MAR a-do-NAI e-LAI be-OD sha-NA kish-NEI sa-KHIR ve-kha-LA kal-ke-VOD ke-DAR
Exegesis
The idiom kishnei sakhir {כִּשְׁנֵ֣י שָׂכִ֔יר | kîšněy sǎḵîr} “like the years of a hired worker” uses a construct chain to denote a fixed term, and the verb vekhalah {וְכָלָ֖ה | wəḵālāh} “and it will be finished” agrees with the implied feminine noun kevod {כְּב֥וֹד | kǝḇōwd} “glory.”
Root and etymology
Rootshin–kaph–resh
“to hire”
In context — Isaiah 21:16
For thus has the Lord said to me: “Within one year, as the years of a hired worker , all the glory of Kedar will come to an end.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 21:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 21:16, so the Hebrew word שָׂכִ֔יר (sakhir) 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.21.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.21.16.W8.S1) and character.