Isaiah 49:21:16Isa.49.21.W16TAB
נִשְׁאַ֣רְתִּי
nisharti
“I was left”
- Transliteration
- nish-ar-TI
- Extended
- nihsh-ahr-TEE
- IPA
- /niʃˈʔar.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I was left
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nish-ar-TI
- phraseyour reading level
nish-ar-TI le-vad-DI
- clause
go-LA ve-su-RA ve-E-le MI gi-DEL HEN a-NI nish-ar-TI le-vad-DI E-le E-fo HEM
- sentence
ve-a-MART bil-va-VEKH MI ya-LAD-li et-E-le va-a-NI she-KHU-la ve-gal-mu-DA go-LA ve-su-RA ve-E-le MI gi-DEL HEN a-NI nish-ar-TI le-vad-DI E-le E-fo HEM
Exegesis
The particle hen {הֵן | hên} introduces a moment of realization, and the niphal perfect nisharti {נִשְׁאַרְתִּי | niš-ʾār-tî} conveys passive abandonment.
In context — Isaiah 49:21
And you will say in your heart, “Who has borne these for me, since I have been bereaved and barren , exiled and removed? And these—who has raised them? Behold, I was left alone; these—where were they?”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 49:21:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Isaiah 49:21, so the Hebrew word נִשְׁאַ֣רְתִּי (nisharti) 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.49.21.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.49.21.W16.S1) and character.