Isaiah 21:1:9Isa.21.1.W9TAB
נוֹרָאָֽה׃
noraa
“fearsome or dreadful”
- Transliteration
- no-ra-A
- Extended
- noh-rah-AA
- IPA
- /noːrɔˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- fearsome or dreadful
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
no-ra-A
- clause
ke-su-FOT ban-NE-gev la-kha-LOF mim-mid-BAR BA me-E-rets no-ra-A
- sentence
ma-SA mid-BAR-YAM ke-su-FOT ban-NE-gev la-kha-LOF mim-mid-BAR BA me-E-rets no-ra-A
Root and etymology
י־ר־א
“to fear, to awe”
In context — Isaiah 21:1
The oracle concerning the desert of the sea comes like storms passing through the Negev , emerging from the wilderness and from a dreadful land.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 21:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 21:1, so the Hebrew word נוֹרָאָֽה׃ (noraa) 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.21.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.21.1.W9.S1) and character.