Isaiah 21:9:14Isa.21.9.W14TAB

שִׁבַּ֥ר

shibar

he has shattered

Transliteration
shi-BAR
Extended
shih-BAR
IPA
/ʃibˈbar/

Meaning by language

English
he has shattered

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
שִׁ + בַּ֥ר
shi + bar
shibar

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    shi-BAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    shi-BAR la-A-rets

  3. clause

    va-ya-AN va-yo-MER naf-LA naf-LA BA-vel ve-KHOL-pe-si-LE e-lo-HE-ha shi-BAR la-A-rets

  4. sentence

    ve-hin-NE-ze BA RE-khev ISH TSE-med pa-ra-SHIM va-ya-AN va-yo-MER naf-LA naf-LA BA-vel ve-KHOL-pe-si-LE e-lo-HE-ha shi-BAR la-A-rets

Exegesis

The chain pǝ·sî·lê ʾĕ·lō·hê·hā {פְּסִילֵי אֱלֹהֶיהָ | pǝ·sî·lê ʾĕ·lō·hê·hā} maintains the possessive structure, and the verb šib·bār {שִׁבַּר | šib·bār} plus lā·ʾā·reṣ {לָאָרֶץ | lā·ʾā·reṣ} conveys total destruction by casting the idols to the earth.

Root and etymology

š-b-rshin–bet–resh

to break, shatter

In contextIsaiah 21:9

And behold, here comes a chariot of a man with a pair of horsemen. And he answered and said, “Babylon has fallen, has fallen; and all the idols of her gods he has shattered to the ground .”

About this coordinate

Isaiah 21:9:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Isaiah 21:9, so the Hebrew word שִׁבַּ֥ר (shibar) 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.21.9.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.21.9.W14.S1) and character.