Isaiah 23:3:6Isa.23.3.W6TAB

יְא֖וֹר

yeor

Nile river

Transliteration
ye-OR
Extended
yeh-OHR
IPA
/jəˈʔoːr/

Meaning by language

English
Nile river

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Result
יְא֖ + וֹר
ye + or
yeor

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    ye-OR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ke-TSIR ye-OR

  3. clause

    u-ve-MA-yim ra-BIM ZE-ra shi-KHOR ke-TSIR ye-OR te-vu-a-TAH

  4. sentence

    u-ve-MA-yim ra-BIM ZE-ra shi-KHOR ke-TSIR ye-OR te-vu-a-TAH va-te-HI se-KHAR go-YIM

Exegesis

Zera shichor {זֶרַע שִׁחֹר | ze-raʿ shi-ḥor} and ketzir yeor {קְצִיר יְאוֹר | ke-ṣir ye-ʾôr} form parallel noun constructs denoting principal exports.

In contextIsaiah 23:3

And by great waters, the seed of Shichor , the harvest of the Nile , was her revenue; and she became the marketplace of nations.

About this coordinate

Isaiah 23:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 23:3, so the Hebrew word יְא֖וֹר (yeor) 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.23.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.23.3.W6.S1) and character.