Isaiah 21:3:2Isa.21.3.W2TAB

מָלְא֤וּ

maleu

are filled

Transliteration
ma-le-U
Extended
maa-leh-OO
IPA
/mɔːlˈʔuː/

Meaning by language

English
are filled

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Result
מָ + לְא֤ + וּ
ma + le + u
maleu

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ma-le-U

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ma-le-U ma-te-NAI

  3. clause

    al-KEHN ma-le-U ma-te-NAI khal-kha-LA tsi-ri-IM a-kha-ZU-ni ke-tsi-RE yo-LE-da

  4. 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 verb mālēʾû {מָלְאוּ | mālēʾû} takes the object māṯənāy {מָתְנַי | māṯənāy} ‘my loins’, followed by ḥalḥālāh {חַלְחָלָה | ḥalḥālāh} ‘trembling’, specifying the physical seat of anguish.

In contextIsaiah 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 21:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 21:3, so the Hebrew word מָלְא֤וּ (maleu) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.21.3.W2.S1) and character.