Isaiah 32:4:2Isa.32.4.W2TAB
נִמְהָרִ֖ים
nimharim
“the hasty ones”
- Transliteration
- nim-ha-RIM
- Extended
- nihm-hah-REEM
- IPA
- /nimhaːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the hasty ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nim-ha-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
u-le-VAV nim-ha-RIM
- clause
u-le-VAV nim-ha-RIM ya-VIN la-DA-at
- sentence
u-le-VAV nim-ha-RIM ya-VIN la-DA-at u-le-SHON il-le-GIM te-ma-HER le-dab-BER tsa-KHOT
Exegesis
The noun nimharim {נִמְהָרִים | nim-hā-rîm} ‘hasty ones’ functions as a genitive modifier of ulevav, and the qal imperfect yavin {יָבִין | yā-vîn} ‘will understand’ begins the first clause, followed by the infinitive lada‘at {לָדָעַת | lā-dā-‘aṯ} ‘to-know’.
Root and etymology
m-h-rmem–he–resh
“to hurry, rush”
In context — Isaiah 32:4
And the heart of the hasty will understand knowledge, and the tongue of stammerers will hasten to speak clearly .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 32:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 32:4, so the Hebrew word נִמְהָרִ֖ים (nimharim) 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.32.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.32.4.W2.S1) and character.