Isaiah 15:2:14Isa.15.2.W14TAB
גְּרוּעָֽה׃
gerua
“shorn”
- Transliteration
- ge-ru-A
- Extended
- geh-roo-AH
- IPA
- /gəruːˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- shorn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ge-ru-A
- clause
al-ne-VO ve-AL meid-VA mo-AV ye-ye-LIL be-khol-ro-shav kar-KHA khol-za-KAN ge-ru-A
- sentence
A-la ha-BA-yit ve-di-VON ha-ba-MOT le-VE-khi al-ne-VO ve-AL meid-VA mo-AV ye-ye-LIL be-khol-ro-shav kar-KHA khol-za-KAN ge-ru-A
Exegesis
The distress markers qarcha {קָרְחָה | qā-ra-ḥā} ‘baldness’ and geruah {גְּרוּעָה | gə-rû-ʿāh} ‘shorn’ follow as verbless clauses, each tied to the degree phrase bekol-rosav {בְּכָל־רֹאשָׁיו | bə-ḵōl-rō-šāv} ‘on all its heads’ and the construct kol-zakan {כָּל־זָקָן | kāl-zā-qān} ‘every beard’, employing parallelism to emphasize communal mourning.
Root and etymology
“to shave”
In context — Isaiah 15:2
He goes up to the house , to Dibon, and to the high places for weeping. Over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails ; every head is bald, and every beard is shorn.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 15:2:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Isaiah 15:2, so the Hebrew word גְּרוּעָֽה׃ (gerua) 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.15.2.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.15.2.W14.S1) and character.