Isaiah 49:6:2Isa.49.6.W2TAB
נָקֵ֨ל
nakel
“it is too light a thing”
- Transliteration
- na-KEL
- Extended
- naa-KEHL
- IPA
- /naːˈqeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- it is too light a thing
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Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
na-KEL
- phraseyour reading level
na-KEL mi-he-YOT-kha LI
- clause
va-yo-MER na-KEL mi-he-YOT-kha LI E-ved le-ha-KIM ET-shiv-TE ya-a-KOV ve-ne-tsi-RI u-ne-tsu-RE yis-ra-EL le-ha-SHIV
- sentence
va-yo-MER na-KEL mi-he-YOT-kha LI E-ved le-ha-KIM ET-shiv-TE ya-a-KOV ve-ne-tsi-RI u-ne-tsu-RE yis-ra-EL le-ha-SHIV u-ne-ta-TI-kha le-OR go-YIM li-he-YOT ye-shu-a-TI ad-ke-TSE ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The qal passive participle naqel {נָקֵל | nā-qēl} ‘light thing’ establishes contrast with the parallel hiphil infinitives lehakim {לְהָקִים | lə-hā-qîm} ‘to raise up’ and lehashiv {לְהָשִׁיב | lə-hā-šîḇ} ‘to restore’, which function as purposive clauses.
In context — Isaiah 49:6
And He said, “It is too small a thing for you to be My servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved of Israel; I will also set you as a light to the nations to the end of the earth.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 49:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 49:6, so the Hebrew word נָקֵ֨ל (nakel) 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.49.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.49.6.W2.S1) and character.