Isaiah 21:3:9Isa.21.3.W9TAB

נַעֲוֵ֣יתִי

naeveti

“I am bent or I am bowed down”

Transliteration: na-e-VE-ti
Extended: nah-eh-VEE-tih
IPA: /naʕăˈveːθiː/

Meaning by language

English: I am bent or I am bowed down

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

נַ + עֲ + וֵ֣י + תִי

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na + e + ve + ti

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naeveti

Alphabet Analysis

	Nun	n as in new
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Ayin	deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
	Hateph Patach	reduced 'ah'
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	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
na-e-VE-ti
phraseyour reading level
na-e-VE-ti mish-she-MO-a
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

‛-w-hAyin–Waw–He

“bend, twist”

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 21:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 21:3, so the Hebrew word נַעֲוֵ֣יתִי (naeveti) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.21.3.W9.S1) and character.

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