Isaiah 22:18:10Isa.22.18.W10TAB
וְשָׁ֙מָּה֙
veshama
“and there”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHA-ma
- Extended
- veh-SHAA-mah
- IPA
- /wəˈʃaːm.maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and there
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-SHA-ma
- clause
SHA-ma ta-MUT ve-SHA-ma mar-ke-VOT khe-vo-DE-kha ke-LON BET a-do-NE-kha
- sentence
tsa-NOF yits-nef-KHA tse-NE-fa kad-DUR el-E-rets ra-kha-VAT ya-DA-yim SHA-ma ta-MUT ve-SHA-ma mar-ke-VOT khe-vo-DE-kha ke-LON BET a-do-NE-kha
Exegesis
The repetition of shamah {שָׁ֣מָּה | šammāh} ‘there’ and ve-shamah {וְשָׁ֙מָּה֙ | wə-šammāh} ‘and there’ frames the result clauses.
In context — Isaiah 22:18
Surely He will utterly wind you up, wrapping you like a ball and hurling you into a land of broad expanses; there you shall die, and there your glorious chariots will become the disgrace of your lord’s house.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 22:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Isaiah 22:18, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁ֙מָּה֙ (veshama) 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.22.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.22.18.W10.S1) and character.