Isaiah 32:2:2Isa.32.2.W2TAB
כְּמַֽחֲבֵא־ר֖וּחַ
kemakhaberuakh
“like a hiding place of wind”
- Transliteration
- ke-ma-kha-BE-ru-akh
- Extended
- keh-mah-khah-BEE-roo-akh
- IPA
- /kəmaħăˈveː.ˈruː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- like a hiding place of wind
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
ke-ma-kha-BE-ru-akh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YA-iSH ke-ma-kha-BE-ru-akh
- clause
ve-ha-YA-iSH ke-ma-kha-BE-ru-akh ve-SE-ter ZA-rem
- sentence
ve-ha-YA-iSH ke-ma-kha-BE-ru-akh ve-SE-ter ZA-rem ke-fal-GE-ma-YIM be-tsa-YON ke-TSEL SE-la-ka-VED be-E-rets a-YE-fa
Exegesis
A series of similes unfolds through the preposition ke {כְּ | kə} “like”: ke-machbeh-ruach {כְּמַֽחֲבֵא־ר֖וּחַ | kə-maḥă-bē’-rû-aḥ} “hiding place of wind” and ve-seter zarem {וְסֵ֣תֶר זָ֑רֶם | wə-sē-ter zā-rem} “shelter of storm” form parallel protective noun phrases.
Root and etymology
Rootchet-bet-aleph
“to hide”
In context — Isaiah 32:2
And each one will be like a hiding place from the wind and like a shelter from the storm, like streams of water in a parched place and like the shadow of a great rock in an exhausted land.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 32:2:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 32:2, so the Hebrew word כְּמַֽחֲבֵא־ר֖וּחַ (kemakhaberuakh) 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.32.2.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.32.2.W2.S1) and character.