Isaiah 21:2:6Isa.21.2.W6TAB
וְהַשּׁוֹדֵ֣ד
vehashoded
“and the one destroying”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-sho-DED
- Extended
- veh-hah-shoh-DEED
- IPA
- /wəhaʃ.ʃoːˈdeːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the one destroying
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-sho-DED
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-sho-DED sho-DED
- clause
ha-bo-GED bo-GED ve-ha-sho-DED sho-DED a-LI e-LAM tsu-RI ma-DAI kal-e-na-kha-TA hish-ba-TI
- sentence
kha-ZUT ka-SHA hu-GAD-li ha-bo-GED bo-GED ve-ha-sho-DED sho-DED a-LI e-LAM tsu-RI ma-DAI kal-e-na-kha-TA hish-ba-TI
Exegesis
The paired participles ha-boged {הַבּוֹגֵ֤ד | ha-bō-ḡēḏ} ‘the betrayer’/boged {בּוֹגֵד֙ | bō-ḡēḏ} ‘betrays’ and ve-ha-shoded {וְהַשּׁוֹדֵ֣ד | wə-ha-šō-ḏēḏ} ‘and the spoiler’/shoded {שׁוֹדֵ֔ד | šō-ḏēḏ} ‘spoils’ employ parallelism for emphasis.
Root and etymology
Rootsh–d–d
“to devastate”
In context — Isaiah 21:2
A harsh vision has been declared to me; the betrayer acts treacherously, and the spoiler deals violently. Go up, Elam! Besiege, Media! I have put an end to all her sighing .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 21:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 21:2, so the Hebrew word וְהַשּׁוֹדֵ֣ד (vehashoded) 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.21.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.21.2.W6.S1) and character.