Isaiah 19:13:1Isa.19.13.W1TAB
נֽוֹאֲלוּ֙
noalu
“they have become foolish”
- Transliteration
- no-a-LU
- Extended
- noh-ah-Loo
- IPA
- /noː.ʔăˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they have become foolish
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
no-a-LU
- clause
no-a-LU sa-RE TSO-an nish-she-U sa-RE NOF
- sentence
no-a-LU sa-RE TSO-an nish-she-U sa-RE NOF hit-e-U et-MITS-ra-yim pin-NAT she-va-TE-ha
Exegesis
The verse opens with a tricolon of perfect verbs—noalu {נֽוֹאֲלוּ | nō’ălû} ‘have acted foolishly’, nish’u {נִשְּׁאוּ | niš·ʾû} ‘have been lifted up’, and hitu {הִתְע֥וּ | hiṯ·ʿû} ‘have led astray’—each denoting a completed action that underscores the comprehensive failure of Egypt’s leadership.
Root and etymology
aleph-vav-lamedawl
“to act foolishly”
In context — Isaiah 19:13
The princes of Zoan have acted foolishly, the princes of Noph have been deceived; they have led Egypt astray, the corner of her tribes.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 19:13, so the Hebrew word נֽוֹאֲלוּ֙ (noalu) 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.19.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.13.W1.S1) and character.