א֣וֹת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 א֣וֹת

   OT

   a sign
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 א֣וֹת וּמוֹפֵ֔ת

   OT u-mo-FET

   a sign and a portent
3. clause🔊 שָׁלֹ֤שׁ שָׁנִים֙ א֣וֹת וּמוֹפֵ֔ת עַל־מִצְרַ֖יִם וְעַל־כּֽוּשׁ׃

   sha-LOSH sha-NIM OT u-mo-FET al-mits-ra-YIM ve-al-KUSH

   three years a sign and a portent against Egypt and against Cush
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר הָלַ֛ךְ עַבְדִּ֥י יְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּ עָר֣וֹם וְיָחֵ֑ף שָׁלֹ֤שׁ שָׁנִים֙ א֣וֹת וּמוֹפֵ֔ת עַל־מִצְרַ֖יִם וְעַל־כּֽוּשׁ׃

   va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH ka-a-SHER ha-LAKH a-ved-DI ye-sha-YA-hu a-ROM ve-ya-KHEF sha-LOSH sha-NIM OT u-mo-FET al-mits-ra-YIM ve-al-KUSH

   and he said the LORD just as has walked my servant Isaiah naked and barefoot three years a sign and a portent against Egypt and against Cush

Exegesis

The terms ot umofet {אוֹת וּמוֹפֵ֔ת | ôṯ ū-mō-p̄êṯ} ‘sign and wonder’ form a hendiadys, conveying symbolic and miraculous aspects.

Root and etymology

ʼ-w-t🔊 א־ו־תAleph–Vav–Tav

“sign, mark”