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

Result
יְרוּ + שָׁ + לַ֖͏ + ִם
ye + ru + sha + lim
yerushalim

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ye-ru-sha-LIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ET-ba-TE ye-ru-sha-LIM

  3. clause

    ve-ET-ba-TE ye-ru-sha-LIM se-far-TEM

  4. 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 contextIsaiah 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.