Isaiah 22:21:9Isa.22.21.W9TAB
לְאָ֛ב
leav
“as a father”
- Transliteration
- le-AV
- Extended
- leh-AAV
- IPA
- /ləˈʔaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a father
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
le-AV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YA le-AV
- clause
ve-ha-YA le-AV le-yo-SHEV ye-ru-sha-LA-yim u-le-VET ye-hu-DA
- 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 final vav imperfect vehayah {וְהָיָ֥ה | wə-hāyāh} ‘and he will be,’ with predicate le’av {לְאָ֛ב | lə-ʾāḇ} ‘a father’ and coordinated complements leyoshev yerushalayim {לְיוֹשֵׁ֥ב יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם | lə-yō-šēḇ Yə-rū-šā-la-yim} ‘to the inhabitant of Jerusalem’ and u-lebeit yehudah {וּלְבֵ֥ית יְהוּדָֽה | ū-lə-ḇēṯ Yə-hû-ḏā} ‘and to the house of Judah,’ defines the resultant paternal role. This structure emphasizes divine initiative culminating in appointed leadership.
Root and etymology
ʾ-baleph–bet
“father, patron”
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 22:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 22:21, so the Hebrew word לְאָ֛ב (leav) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.22.21.W9.S1) and character.