Isaiah 22:21:5Isa.22.21.W5TAB
וּמֶֽמְשֶׁלְתְּךָ֖
umemsheletekha
“and your rule”
- Transliteration
- u-mem-she-le-TE-kha
- Extended
- oo-mehm-sheh-leh-TEH-khaa
- IPA
- /uːmɛmʃɛlˈtɛxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and your rule
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-mem-she-le-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 idiomatic transfer of power appears in umemsheltkha eten beyado {וּמֶֽמְשֶׁלְתְּךָ אֶתֵּ֣ן בְּיָד֑וֹ | ū-mem-šel-tə-kha ʾettēn bə-ya-dô} ‘and I will place your authority into his hand.’
Root and etymology
m-š-lmem–shin–lamed
“rule, dominion”
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 22:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 22:21, so the Hebrew word וּמֶֽמְשֶׁלְתְּךָ֖ (umemsheletekha) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.22.21.W5.S1) and character.