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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-OR
- phraseyour reading level
ke-TSIR ye-OR
- clause
u-ve-MA-yim ra-BIM ZE-ra shi-KHOR ke-TSIR ye-OR te-vu-a-TAH
- 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 context — Isaiah 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.