Isaiah 28:7:4Isa.28.7.W4TAB
וּבַשֵּׁכָ֖ר
uvashekhar
“and in the strong drink”
- Transliteration
- u-va-she-KHAR
- Extended
- oo-vah-sheh-KHAAR
- IPA
- /uvas.ʃeːˈχaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and in the strong drink
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-va-she-KHAR
- clause
ve-gam-E-le ba-YA-yin sha-GU u-va-she-KHAR ta-U
- sentence
ve-gam-E-le ba-YA-yin sha-GU u-va-she-KHAR ta-U ko-HEN ve-na-VI sha-GU va-she-KHAR niv-le-U min-ha-YA-yin ta-U min-ha-she-KHAR sha-GU ba-ro-E pa-KU pe-li-li-YA
Root and etymology
שׁ־כ־ר
“strong drink, intoxicant”
In context — Isaiah 28:7
And these also err in wine and wander in strong drink; the priest and the prophet err in strong drink, are swallowed up by wine, wander from strong drink; they err in vision and stumble in judgment .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 28:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 28:7, so the Hebrew word וּבַשֵּׁכָ֖ר (uvashekhar) 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.28.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.28.7.W4.S1) and character.