Isaiah 22:21:1Isa.22.21.W1TAB
וְהִלְבַּשְׁתִּ֣יו
vehilbashtiv
“and I will clothe him”
- Transliteration
- ve-hil-bash-TI-v
- Extended
- veh-hihl-bahsh-TEE-v
- IPA
- /vəhɪlbaʃˈtiːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will clothe him
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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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hil-bash-TI-v
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hil-bash-TI-v ku-tan-TE-kha
- clause
ve-hil-bash-TI-v ku-tan-TE-kha ve-av-NET-kha a-khaz-ze-KE-nu u-mem-she-le-TE-kha e-TEN be-YA-do
- sentence
ve-hil-bash-TI-v ku-tan-TE-kha ve-av-NET-kha a-khaz-ze-KE-nu u-mem-she-le-TE-kha e-TEN be-YA-do ve-ha-YA le-AV le-yo-SHEV ye-ru-sha-LA-yim u-le-VET ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The initial clause begins with vav-consecutive in vehilbashtiv {וְהִלְבַּשְׁתִּ֣יו | wə-hil-baš-ṯîw} ‘and I will clothe him,’ introducing divine action.
In context — Isaiah 22:21
And I will clothe him with your tunic , and I will bind your sash on him, and I will place your authority into his hand, and he will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 22:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 22:21, so the Hebrew word וְהִלְבַּשְׁתִּ֣יו (vehilbashtiv) 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.22.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.22.21.W1.S1) and character.