Isaiah 22:8:5Isa.22.8.W5TAB
וַתַּבֵּט֙
vatabbet
“and you looked”
- Transliteration
- va-tab-BET
- Extended
- vah-tab-BEHT
- IPA
- /vat.tabˈbɛːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you looked
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tab-BET
- clause
va-tab-BET ba-YOM ha-HU el-NE-shek BET ha-YA-ar
- sentence
va-ye-GAL ET ma-SAKH ye-hu-DA va-tab-BET ba-YOM ha-HU el-NE-shek BET ha-YA-ar
Exegesis
In the second clause, the vav-consecutive imperfect vatabet {וַתַּבֵּט֙ | wat·ta·bēṯ} ‘and-you-looked’ shifts the subject to the second person.
In context — Isaiah 22:8
And He uncovered the covering of Judah, and you looked on that day toward the weaponry in the House of the Forest.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 22:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 22:8, so the Hebrew word וַתַּבֵּט֙ (vatabbet) 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.22.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.22.8.W5.S1) and character.