Isaiah 5:4:3Isa.5.4.W3TAB
לְכַרְמִ֔י
lekharmi
“for my vineyard”
- Transliteration
- le-khar-MI
- Extended
- leh-khahr-MEE
- IPA
- /ləχarˈmiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for my vineyard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
le-khar-MI
- clause
MA-la-a-SOT OD le-khar-MI ve-LO a-si-TI BO
- sentence
MA-la-a-SOT OD le-khar-MI ve-LO a-si-TI BO ma-DU-a ki-VE-TI la-a-SOT a-na-VIM va-ya-AS be-u-SHIM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lə-karmî {לְכַרְמִי | lə-karmî} ‘for my vineyard’ underscores divine possession, immediately followed by the negative clause wə-lōʾ ʿăśîtî bū {וְלֹא עָשִׂיתִי בּוֹ | wə-lōʾ ʿăśîtî bū} ‘and I have not done in it,’ which encompasses the totality of care.
Root and etymology
כ־ר־ם
“vineyard”
In context — Isaiah 5:4
What more could have been done for my vineyard , that I have not done in it? Why, when I hoped it would produce grapes, did it yield wild grapes ?
About this coordinate
Isaiah 5:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Isaiah 5:4, so the Hebrew word לְכַרְמִ֔י (lekharmi) 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.5.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.5.4.W3.S1) and character.