Isaiah 9:4:3Isa.9.4.W3TABWLC Isaiah 9:3
סִבְל֗וֹ
sivlo
“his burden”
- Transliteration
- siv-LO
- Extended
- sihv-LOH
- IPA
- /sivˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his burden
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
siv-LO
- phraseyour reading level
KI ET-OL siv-LO
- clause
KI ET-OL siv-LO ve-ET ma-TE shikh-MO SHE-vet ha-NO-ges BO
- sentence
KI ET-OL siv-LO ve-ET ma-TE shikh-MO SHE-vet ha-NO-ges BO ha-khi-TO-ta ke-YOM mid-YAN
Exegesis
The particles et {אֵת | ʾēt} and ve-et {וְאֵת | wə-ʾēt} mark each object in the construct chains ol sevlo {עֹל סְבָלוֹ | ʿōl sə-bā-lō} “the yoke of his burden” and matteh shikhmo {מַטֵּה שִׁכְמוֹ | maṭ-têh šikh-mō} “the staff of his shoulder.”
In context — Isaiah 9:4
For You have shattered the yoke of his burden, and the staff on his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor against him, as in the day of Midian.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 9:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Isaiah 9:4, so the Hebrew word סִבְל֗וֹ (sivlo) 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.9.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.9.4.W3.S1) and character.