Isaiah 23:1:8Isa.23.1.W8TAB
מִבּ֔וֹא
mibo
“from an entrance or harbor”
- Transliteration
- mi-BO
- Extended
- mih-BOH
- IPA
- /mibˈboːʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- from an entrance or harbor
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-BO
- 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 paired nouns mibayit mibbo {מִבַּיִת מִבּוֹא | mib-bay-yit, mib-bōʾ} ‘house, entrance’ form an idiom of total desolation.
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 23:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 23:1, so the Hebrew word מִבּ֔וֹא (mibo) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.23.1.W8.S1) and character.