Isaiah 52:5:2Isa.52.5.W2TAB
מי־לי־מַה־לִּי־פֹה֙
milimalifo
“who is to me, what is to me, here”
- Transliteration
- MI-LI-ma-LI-FO
- Extended
- MEE-lee-mah-LEE-FOH
- IPA
- /miː.liː.maːlːiːˈfoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who is to me, what is to me, here
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
MI-LI-ma-LI-FO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-TA MI-LI-ma-LI-FO
- clause
ve-a-TA MI-LI-ma-LI-FO ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH ki-lu-KAKH a-MI khi-NAM
- sentence
ve-a-TA MI-LI-ma-LI-FO ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH ki-lu-KAKH a-MI khi-NAM me-SHLO mo-she-LAV ye-HEI-li-LU ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH ve-ta-MID KAL-ha-YOM she-MI mi-no-ATS
Exegesis
The verse opens with the interrogative formula ve'attah mi-li-mah-li-pōh {וְעַתָּה מִי־לִי־מַה־לִּי־פֹה | wə-ʿăttāh mî-lî-māh-lî-pōh} ‘and now, what have I here?’, expressing divine lamentation.
In context — Isaiah 52:5
And now, what have I here? declares the LORD . My people have been taken away for nothing; their rulers make them wail, declares the LORD. And continually, all day long, My name is blasphemed .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 52:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 52:5, so the Hebrew word מי־לי־מַה־לִּי־פֹה֙ (milimalifo) 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.52.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.52.5.W2.S1) and character.