Isaiah 21:3:11Isa.21.3.W11TAB
נִבְהַ֖לְתִּי
nivhaalti
“I am dismayed or I am terrified”
- Transliteration
- niv-ha-AL-ti
- Extended
- nihv-hah-AHL-tih
- IPA
- /niv.halˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I am dismayed or I am terrified
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
niv-ha-AL-ti
- clause
na-e-VE-ti mish-she-MO-a niv-ha-AL-ti me-re-OT
- sentence
al-KEHN ma-le-U ma-te-NAI khal-kha-LA tsi-ri-IM a-kha-ZU-ni ke-tsi-RE yo-LE-da na-e-VE-ti mish-she-MO-a niv-ha-AL-ti me-re-OT
Exegesis
The reflexive experiences na‛ăwîṯî {נַעֲוֵ֣יתִי | na‛ăwîṯî} ‘I was bent’ and nivhallîtî {נִבְהַלְתִּי | nivhallîtî} ‘I was terrified’ each govern infinitive constructs mishmōaʿ {מִשְּׁמֹעַ | mišmōaʿ} ‘from hearing’ and mere’ōṯ {מֵרְאֽוֹת | mere’ōṯ} ‘from seeing’, forming a paratactic sequence that intensifies the prophet’s physical and emotional collapse.
Root and etymology
b-h-lBet–He–Lamed
“be terrified, alarm”
In context — Isaiah 21:3
Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me like the pangs of a woman in labor. I was bent over so that I could scarcely hear , and I was dismayed so that I could scarcely see .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 21:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Isaiah 21:3, so the Hebrew word נִבְהַ֖לְתִּי (nivhaalti) 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.21.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.21.3.W11.S1) and character.