Isaiah 22:16:2Isa.22.16.W2TAB
פֹה֙
po
“here”
- Transliteration
- PO
- Extended
- POH
- IPA
- /ˈfoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- here
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
PO
- phraseyour reading level
ma-le-KHA PO
- clause
ma-le-KHA PO u-MI le-KHA PO ki-kha-TSAV-ta le-KHA PO ka-VER
- sentence
ma-le-KHA PO u-MI le-KHA PO ki-kha-TSAV-ta le-KHA PO ka-VER kho-tse-VI ma-ROM kiv-RO kho-kki va-SE-la mish-KAN LO
Exegesis
The verse begins with the twin interrogatives mah lekha pō {מַה־לְּךָ֥ פֹה | māh-lə-ḵā pō} ‘what are you doing here?’
and ūmî lekha pō {וּמִי לְךָ֣ פֹ֔ה | ūmî-lə-ḵā pō} ‘and who do you have here?’, establishing an accusatory tone.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–shin–pe
“to gather or collect arrows”
In context — Isaiah 22:16
“What are you doing here, and who is here for you, that you have hewn for yourself a sepulchre here, as one who hews on high his own tomb and engraves for himself a dwelling in the rock?”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 22:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 22:16, so the Hebrew word פֹה֙ (po) 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.22.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.22.16.W2.S1) and character.