וּמוֹרָ֔ט

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּמוֹרָ֔ט

   u-mo-RAT

   and smoothed or polished
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְ וּמוֹרָ֔ט

   me-mu-SHAKH u-mo-RAT

   drawn out or tall and smoothed or polished
3. clause🔊 הַשֹּׁלֵ֨חַ בַּיָּ֜ם צִירִ֗ים וּבִכְלֵי־גֹמֶא֮ עַל־פְּנֵי־מַיִם֒ לְכ֣וּ מַלְאָכִ֣ים קַלִּ֗ים אֶל־גּוֹי֙ מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְ וּמוֹרָ֔ט אֶל־עַ֥ם נוֹרָ֖א מִן־ה֣וּא וָהָ֑לְאָה

   ha-sho-LE-akh ba-YAM tsi-RIM u-vikh-LE-GO-me al-pe-NE-ma-YIM le-KHU mal-a-KHIM ka-LIM el-GOY me-mu-SHAKH u-mo-RAT el-AM no-RA min-HU va-ha-le-A

   the one sending in the sea envoys or ambassadors and in vessels of papyrus upon the face of waters go messengers swift to a nation drawn out or tall and smoothed or polished to a people feared from it and onward or beyond
4. sentence🔊 הַשֹּׁלֵ֨חַ בַּיָּ֜ם צִירִ֗ים וּבִכְלֵי־גֹמֶא֮ עַל־פְּנֵי־מַיִם֒ לְכ֣וּ מַלְאָכִ֣ים קַלִּ֗ים אֶל־גּוֹי֙ מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְ וּמוֹרָ֔ט אֶל־עַ֥ם נוֹרָ֖א מִן־ה֣וּא וָהָ֑לְאָה גּ֚וֹי קַו־קָ֣ו וּמְבוּסָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־בָּזְא֥וּ נְהָרִ֖ים אַרְצֽוֹ׃

   ha-sho-LE-akh ba-YAM tsi-RIM u-vikh-LE-GO-me al-pe-NE-ma-YIM le-KHU mal-a-KHIM ka-LIM el-GOY me-mu-SHAKH u-mo-RAT el-AM no-RA min-HU va-ha-le-A GOY kav-KAV u-me-vu-SA a-SHER-ba-ze-U ne-ha-RIM ar-TSO

   the one sending in the sea envoys or ambassadors and in vessels of papyrus upon the face of waters go messengers swift to a nation drawn out or tall and smoothed or polished to a people feared from it and onward or beyond a nation line upon line and trampled which they plundered or despised rivers his land or its land

Exegesis

Participial modifiers memushakh {מְמֻשָּׁךְ | mə-muš-šā-ḥ} ‘spread thinly’ and u-morat {וּמוֹרָט | ū-mō-rāṭ} ‘peeled’ describe the target nation, followed by the adjective nora {נוֹרָא | nôr-āʾ} ‘awesome’.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 מ־ר־טm-r-t

“strip, peel”

• 🔊 מָרַטm-raṭto lay bareEzekiel 29:18