Isaiah 22:3:6Isa.22.3.W6TAB
אֻסְּר֣וּ
useru
“were bound”
- Transliteration
- u-se-RU
- Extended
- uh-seh-ROO
- IPA
- /ʔusˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were bound
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
u-se-RU
- phraseyour reading level
u-se-RU yakh-DAV
- clause
KAL-nim-tse-A-yikh u-se-RU yakh-DAV me-ra-KHOK ba-ra-KHU
- sentence
KAL-ke-tsi-NA-yikh na-de-DU-YA-khad mik-KE-shet u-sa-RU KAL-nim-tse-A-yikh u-se-RU yakh-DAV me-ra-KHOK ba-ra-KHU
Exegesis
The verse presents a chiastic structure—the flight (nadēdû {נָדְדוּ | nāḏēḏû} ‘fled’) – capture (ʾussārû {אֻסָּרוּ | ʾussārû} ‘were bound’) – capture – flight (bārāḥû {בָּרָחוּ | bārāḥû} ‘fled’)—with the adverbs yaḥad {יַחַד | yaḥad} and yaḥdāw {יַחְדָּו | yaḥdāw} emphasizing communal action.
The idiom mikheshet ʾussārû {מִקֶּשֶׁת אֻסָּרוּ | mikheshet ʾussārû}, literally “from the bow were bound,” conveys passive surrender rather than armed resistance.
In context — Isaiah 22:3
All your commanders have fled together; without a bow they were bound. All those found among you have been bound together; though they had fled far away, they were still captured.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 22:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 22:3, so the Hebrew word אֻסְּר֣וּ (useru) 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.22.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.22.3.W6.S1) and character.