Isaiah 49:21:7Isa.49.21.W7TAB
שְׁכוּלָ֖ה
shekhula
“bereaved”
- Transliteration
- she-KHU-la
- Extended
- sheh-KHOO-lah
- IPA
- /ʃəxuːˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- bereaved
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-KHU-la
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-NI she-KHU-la
- clause
ve-a-MART bil-va-VEKH MI ya-LAD-li et-E-le va-a-NI she-KHU-la ve-gal-mu-DA
- 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 participial series shekhulah {שְׁכוּלָה | šə-kū-lāh}, galmudah {גַלְמוּדָה | gal-mû-dāh}, golah {גֹּלָה | gō-lāh}, and surah {סוּרָה | sû-rāh} portrays the speaker’s former desolation and displacement.
Root and etymology
ש־כ־לsh-k-l
“to lose children”
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 49:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Isaiah 49:21, so the Hebrew word שְׁכוּלָ֖ה (shekhula) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.49.21.W7.S1) and character.