Isaiah 23:1:5Isa.23.1.W5TAB
תַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁ
tarshish
“Tarshish”
- Transliteration
- tar-SHIsh
- Extended
- tahr-SHEEsh
- IPA
- /tarˈʃiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Tarshish
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tar-SHIsh
- phraseyour reading level
he-i-LI-lu o-ni-YOT tar-SHIsh
- clause
he-i-LI-lu o-ni-YOT tar-SHIsh ki-shu-DAD mi-ba-YIT mi-BO me-E-rets ki-ti-TIM nig-LA-la-MO
- sentence
ma-SA TSOR he-i-LI-lu o-ni-YOT tar-SHIsh ki-shu-DAD mi-ba-YIT mi-BO me-E-rets ki-ti-TIM nig-LA-la-MO
Exegesis
The intensive piel imperative heililu {הֵילִילוּ | hē-lî-lû} ‘wail’ addresses oniyot Tarshish {אֳנִיּוֹת תַּרְשִׁישׁ | ʾŏ-niy-yôt ṯar-šîš} ‘ships of Tarshish’, creating a direct lament.
Root and etymology
ṭ-r-štet–resh–shin
“uncertain (place-name)”
In context — Isaiah 23:1
The oracle concerning Tyre : Wail, ships of Tarshish, for it has been devastated—no house, no entrance. From the land of Kittim it has been revealed to them.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 23:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 23:1, so the Hebrew word תַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁ (tarshish) 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.23.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.23.1.W5.S1) and character.