Isaiah 13:9:5Isa.13.9.W5TAB
וְעֶבְרָ֖ה
veevra
“and wrath”
- Transliteration
- ve-EV-ra
- Extended
- veh-EHV-raa
- IPA
- /vəʕɛvˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and wrath
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-EV-ra
- phraseyour reading level
akh-za-RI ve-EV-ra
- clause
hi-NE YOM-ye-ho-VAH BA akh-za-RI ve-EV-ra va-kha-RON AF
- sentence
hi-NE YOM-ye-ho-VAH BA akh-za-RI ve-EV-ra va-kha-RON AF la-SUM ha-A-rets le-sha-MA ve-kha-ta-E-ha yash-mi-ID mi-me-NA
Exegesis
A tight string of descriptors—ʾakzārî {אַכְזָרִי | ʾakzārî} ‘cruel,’ wə-ʿeḇrāh {וְעֶבְרָה | wə-ʿeḇrāh} ‘and wrath,’ and wa-ḥărôn ʾap {וַחֲרוֹן אָף | wa-ḥărôn ʾap} ‘and burning anger’—stands in apposition to “day,” unpacking the character of that event as severe judgment.
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Bet–Resh
“overflowing, outburst”
In context — Isaiah 13:9
Behold, the day of the LORD comes—cruel , with wrath and burning anger—to make the land desolate, and He will destroy its sinners from it.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 13:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 13:9, so the Hebrew word וְעֶבְרָ֖ה (veevra) 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.13.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.13.9.W5.S1) and character.