Isaiah 19:16:9Isa.19.16.W9TAB
תְּנוּפַת֙
tenufat
“the waving”
- Transliteration
- te-nu-FAT
- Extended
- teh-noo-FAHT
- IPA
- /tənuːˈfat/
Meaning by language
- English
- the waving
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
te-nu-FAT
- clause
ve-kha-RAD u-fa-KHAD mip-pe-NE te-nu-FAT yad-ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-SHER-HU me-NIF a-LAV
- sentence
ba-YOM ha-HU yih-ye mits-ra-YIM ka-na-SHIM ve-kha-RAD u-fa-KHAD mip-pe-NE te-nu-FAT yad-ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-SHER-HU me-NIF a-LAV
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase min-pnei tenupat yad-YHWH tsevaot {מִפְּנֵי תְּנוּפַת יָד־יְהוָה צְבָא֔וֹת | min-pnê te-nūp̄āṯ yāḏ-Yəhōwāh ṣəvāʼōṯ} ‘from before the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts’ assigns divine military agency as the cause of fear.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–vav–pe
“to wave; gesture”
In context — Isaiah 19:16
In that day Egypt will be like women, and it will tremble and be afraid because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts , which He raises over it.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 19:16, so the Hebrew word תְּנוּפַת֙ (tenufat) 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.19.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.16.W9.S1) and character.