Isaiah 18:7:10Isa.18.7.W10TAB
נוֹרָ֖א
nora
“feared”
- Transliteration
- no-RA
- Extended
- noh-RAA
- IPA
- /noːˈrɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- feared
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
no-RA
- phraseyour reading level
u-me-AM no-RA
- clause
ba-ET ha-HI yu-VAL-SHAI la-ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT AM me-mu-SHAKH u-mo-RAT u-me-AM no-RA min-HU va-ha-le-A
- sentence
ba-ET ha-HI yu-VAL-SHAI la-ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT AM me-mu-SHAKH u-mo-RAT u-me-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 el-me-KOM SHEM-ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT har-TSI-YON
Exegesis
The series of passive participles memushach {מְמֻשָּׁךְ | mə-mu-šāḥ} ‘drawn out,’ umorat {וּמוֹרָט | ū-mō-rāṭ} ‘peeled,’ and nora {נוֹרָא | nō-rāʾ} ‘awesome’ portrays nations both stripped and formidable.
Root and etymology
Rootn-r-ʾ
“fear, awe”
In context — Isaiah 18:7
At that time, tribute shall be brought to the LORD of hosts from a people drawn out and peeled , and from a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation line by line and trodden down, whose land the rivers have despoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, Mount Zion.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 18:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Isaiah 18:7, so the Hebrew word נוֹרָ֖א (nora) 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.18.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.7.W10.S1) and character.