Isaiah 22:9:4Isa.22.9.W4TAB
רְאִיתֶ֖ם
reitem
“you saw”
- Transliteration
- re-i-TEM
- Extended
- reh-ih-TEM
- IPA
- /rəʔiˈθɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- you saw
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
re-i-TEM
- clause
ve-ET be-ki-E IR-da-VID re-i-TEM ki-ra-BU
- sentence
ve-ET be-ki-E IR-da-VID re-i-TEM ki-ra-BU va-te-kab-TSU et-ME ha-be-re-KHA ha-takh-to-NA
Exegesis
The perfect verb re'item {רְאִיתֶם | rə-ʾî-ṯem} ‘you saw’ records completed observation, immediately followed by the causal ki-rabu {כִּי-רָבּוּ | kî-rā-bû} ‘that they were many’.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–aleph–heh
“to see”
In context — Isaiah 22:9
And you saw the breaches of the city of David , that they were many, and you gathered the waters of the lower pool .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 22:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 22:9, so the Hebrew word רְאִיתֶ֖ם (reitem) 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.22.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.22.9.W4.S1) and character.