Isaiah 22:7:8Isa.22.7.W8TAB
הַשָּֽׁעְרָה׃
hashaera
“toward the gate”
- Transliteration
- ha-sha-E-RA
- Extended
- hah-shah-eh-RAA
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃaʕəˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward the gate
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-sha-E-RA
- phraseyour reading level
sha-TU ha-sha-E-RA
- clause
ve-ha-pa-ra-SHIM SHOT sha-TU ha-sha-E-RA
- 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 participle shot {שֹׁ֖ת | šōṯ} ‘setting themselves’ followed by the perfect shatu {שָׁ֥תוּ | šā-tû} ‘they set themselves’ depicts progressive deployment of parashim {פָּרָשִׁים | pā-rā-šîm} at ha-sha'arah {הַשָּֽׁעְרָה | ha-šā-‘ā-rā} ‘the gate,’ highlighting its strategic function. English translation shifts the Hebrew VSO order to SVO for clarity while preserving the emphasis of the vav-consecutive.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–ʿayin–resh
“gate”
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 22:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 22:7, so the Hebrew word הַשָּֽׁעְרָה׃ (hashaera) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.22.7.W8.S1) and character.