Isaiah 19:11:8Isa.19.11.W8TAB
נִבְעָרָ֑ה
nivara
“stupid or brutish”
- Transliteration
- niv-a-RA
- Extended
- nihv-ah-RAA
- IPA
- /niv.ʕaːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- stupid or brutish
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
niv-a-RA
- clause
AKH-e-vi-LIM sa-RE TSO-an khakh-ME yo-a-TSE far-O E-tsa niv-a-RA
- sentence
AKH-e-vi-LIM sa-RE TSO-an khakh-ME yo-a-TSE far-O E-tsa niv-a-RA EKH to-me-RU el-far-O ben-kha-kha-MIM a-NI ben-mal-KHE-ke-DEM
Exegesis
The phrase etsa niv’arah {עֵצָה נִבְעָרָה | ‘êṣā nîv-ə‘ārā} uses the Niphal perfect to denote that their counsel has undergone a completed change into folly.
In context — Isaiah 19:11
Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the wise counselors of Pharaoh—their counsel has become foolish—how can you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of wise men, the son of kings of old?”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 19:11, so the Hebrew word נִבְעָרָ֑ה (nivara) 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.19.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.11.W8.S1) and character.