Isaiah 21:17:1Isa.21.17.W1TAB
וּשְׁאָ֧ר
ushear
“and the remainder”
- Transliteration
- u-she-AR
- Extended
- oo-sheh-AAR
- IPA
- /uʃəˈʔaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the remainder
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-she-AR
- phraseyour reading level
u-she-AR mis-paR-KE-shet
- clause
u-she-AR mis-paR-KE-shet gi-bo-REI ve-NEI-ke-DAR yim-a-TU
- sentence
u-she-AR mis-paR-KE-shet gi-bo-REI ve-NEI-ke-DAR yim-a-TU KI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-yis-ra-EL di-BER
Exegesis
The conjunction ushə’ar {וּשְׁאָר | ū-šə-ʾār} introduces the dependent subject “the remnant.”
Root and etymology
Rootshin–aleph–resh
“to remain, be left”
In context — Isaiah 21:17
And the remnant of the number of archers, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be diminished; for the LORD, the God of Israel has spoken.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 21:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 21:17, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁאָ֧ר (ushear) 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.21.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.21.17.W1.S1) and character.