Isaiah 19:22:10Isa.19.22.W10TAB
וּרְפָאָֽם׃
urefaam
“and he will heal them”
- Transliteration
- u-re-FA-am
- Extended
- oo-reh-FAH-am
- IPA
- /uːrəfɔːˈʔaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he will heal them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-re-FA-am
- clause
ve-sha-VU ad-ye-ho-VAH ve-ne-tar la-HEM u-re-FA-am
- sentence
ve-na-GAF ye-ho-VAH ET-mits-RA-yim na-GOF ve-ra-FO ve-sha-VU ad-ye-ho-VAH ve-ne-tar la-HEM u-re-FA-am
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive Nifal perfect vene’etar {וְנֶעְתַּ֥ר | wə-neʿ-tar} ‘and He will be entreated’ reflects the divine response to prayer, and the final urefa’am {וּרְפָאָֽם | û-rə-p̄ā-ʾām} ‘and He will heal them’ completes the parallelism. The structure and repetition of vav-consecutive forms, along with the double infinitive absolutes, highlight the balance of divine justice and compassion.
Root and etymology
ר־פ־א
“to heal”
In context — Isaiah 19:22
And the LORD will strike Egypt, striking and healing; and they will return to the LORD, and He will be entreated for them and heal them.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:22:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Isaiah 19:22, so the Hebrew word וּרְפָאָֽם׃ (urefaam) 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.19.22.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.22.W10.S1) and character.