Isaiah 22:7:2Isa.22.7.W2TAB
מִבְחַר־עֲמָקַ֖יִךְ
mivkharamakaiyekh
“the choice of your valleys”
- Transliteration
- miv-KHAR-a-ma-KAI-yekh
- Extended
- mihv-KHAR-ah-mah-KAI-yehkh
- IPA
- /mivˈħar.ʕămaːˈqajix/
Meaning by language
- English
- the choice of your valleys
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
miv-KHAR-a-ma-KAI-yekh
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI miv-KHAR-a-ma-KAI-yekh
- clause
va-ye-HI miv-KHAR-a-ma-KAI-yekh mal-E-u RA-khev
- sentence
va-ye-HI miv-KHAR-a-ma-KAI-yekh mal-E-u RA-khev ve-ha-pa-ra-SHIM SHOT sha-TU ha-sha-E-RA
Exegesis
The construct sequence mivchar-amakayikh {מִבְחַר-עֲמָקַ֖יִךְ | miv-ḥar ʿă-mā-qā-yikh} ‘choicest of your valleys’ frames the locative setting.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–het–resh
“to choose”
In context — Isaiah 22:7
And it came to pass that your choicest valleys were filled with chariots, and the horsemen took their positions at the gate .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 22:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 22:7, so the Hebrew word מִבְחַר־עֲמָקַ֖יִךְ (mivkharamakaiyekh) 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.22.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.22.7.W2.S1) and character.