Isaiah 22:4:9Isa.22.4.W9TAB
עַל־שֹׁ֖ד
alshod
“concerning the devastation, or concerning the destruction”
- Transliteration
- al-SHOD
- Extended
- ahl-SHOHD
- IPA
- /ʕalˈʃoːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- concerning the devastation, or concerning the destruction
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-SHOD
- clause
al-ta-I-tsu le-na-kha-ME-ni al-SHOD bat-a-MI
- sentence
al-ken a-MAR-ti she-U mi-NI a-ma-RER ba-BE-khi al-ta-I-tsu le-na-kha-ME-ni al-SHOD bat-a-MI
Exegesis
The construct phrase al-shod bat-ammi {עַל־שֹׁד בַּת־עַמִּי | ʿal-šôḏ baṯ-ʿam-mî} ‘over the destruction of the daughter of my people’ employs possessive constructs and personification to underscore communal loss. English preserves Hebrew word-order emphases and relational structures.
Root and etymology
RootShin–Dalet–Dalet
“to devastate, destroy”
In context — Isaiah 22:4
Therefore I said, “Look away from me; I will bitterly weep in my tears. Do not hurry to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people .”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 22:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 22:4, so the Hebrew word עַל־שֹׁ֖ד (alshod) 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.22.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.22.4.W9.S1) and character.