Isaiah 6:13:8Isa.6.13.W8TAB
וְכָאַלּ֗וֹן
vekhaalon
“and like an oak”
- Transliteration
- ve-kha-a-LON
- Extended
- veh-khaa-ah-LON
- IPA
- /wəχaː.ʔalˈloːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and like an oak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-kha-a-LON
- phraseyour reading level
ka-e-LA ve-kha-a-LON
- clause
ka-e-LA ve-kha-a-LON a-SHER be-shal-LE-khet ma-TSE-vet BAM ZE-ra KO-desh ma-tsav-TAH
- sentence
ve-OD BAH a-si-ri-YA ve-sha-VA ve-ha-ye-TA le-va-ER ka-e-LA ve-kha-a-LON a-SHER be-shal-LE-khet ma-TSE-vet BAM ZE-ra KO-desh ma-tsav-TAH
Exegesis
A comparative simile occurs in kaelah {כָּאֵלָ֣ה | kā-ʾē-lāh} ‘like the terebinth’ and vekaallon {וְכָאַלּ֗וֹן | wə-kā-ʾal-lōn} ‘and like the oak’, with the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ introducing beshalkheṯ matsevet bam {בְּשַׁלֶּ֙כֶת֙ מַצֶּ֣בֶת בָּ֔ם | bə-šal-le-ḵet maṭ-se-ḇet bām} ‘in felling have stumps in them’.
In context — Isaiah 6:13
Even if a tenth remains in it, it will again return and be consumed; like the terebinth and the oak, whose stumps remain after they are felled, so the holy seed will be its stump.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 6:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 6:13, so the Hebrew word וְכָאַלּ֗וֹן (vekhaalon) 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.6.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.6.13.W8.S1) and character.