Isaiah 22:10:2Isa.22.10.W2TAB
יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם
yerushalim
“Jerusalem”
- Transliteration
- ye-ru-sha-LIM
- Extended
- yeh-roo-shah-LIHM
- IPA
- /jəruːʃaːˈlim/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jerusalem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ye-ru-sha-LIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET-ba-TE ye-ru-sha-LIM
- clause
ve-ET-ba-TE ye-ru-sha-LIM se-far-TEM
- sentence
ve-ET-ba-TE ye-ru-sha-LIM se-far-TEM va-tit-TSU ha-ba-TIM le-va-TSER ha-kho-MA
Exegesis
It opens with an object-fronted phrase, ve’et-battei Yerushalayim {וְאֶת־בָּתֵּ֥י יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם | wə-ʾeṯ-bāttê yə-rû-šā-layim} ‘and (as for) the houses of Jerusalem’, where the direct-object marker ʾet {אֶת | ʾeṯ} flags a definite object and the construct chain bāttê Yerushalayim {בָּתֵּי יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם | bāttê yə-rû-šā-layim} specifies ownership (“houses of Jerusalem”).
In context — Isaiah 22:10
And you tallied the houses of Jerusalem, and you pulled down the houses to fortify the wall .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 22:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 22:10, so the Hebrew word יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם (yerushalim) 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.22.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.22.10.W2.S1) and character.