Isaiah 14:30:1Isa.14.30.W1TAB
וְרָעוּ֙
verau
“and they will graze”
- Transliteration
- ve-RA-u
- Extended
- veh-RAA-oo
- IPA
- /vəraːˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will graze
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-RA-u
- clause
ve-RA-u be-kho-RE da-LIM ve-ev-yo-NIM la-VE-takh yir-BA-tsu
- sentence
ve-RA-u be-kho-RE da-LIM ve-ev-yo-NIM la-VE-takh yir-BA-tsu ve-he-MA-ti va-ra-AV shar-SHEKH u-she-e-ri-TEKH ya-ha-ROG
Exegesis
The verse opens with vera'u {וְרָעוּ | wə-rā-ʿû} ‘and they will graze’, paralleled by yirbatsu {יִרְבָּצוּ | yir-bā-ṣû} ‘they will lie down’ in synonymous parallelism highlighting reversal for the marginalized.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–ayin–he
“to graze; feed”
In context — Isaiah 14:30
And the firstborn of the poor will graze, and the needy will lie down in safety; but I will kill your root with famine, and it will slay your remnant.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 14:30, so the Hebrew word וְרָעוּ֙ (verau) 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.14.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.30.W1.S1) and character.