Isaiah 49:21:10Isa.49.21.W10TAB
וְסוּרָ֗ה
vesura
“and turned aside”
- Transliteration
- ve-su-RA
- Extended
- veh-soo-RAH
- IPA
- /wəsuːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and turned aside
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-su-RA
- phraseyour reading level
go-LA ve-su-RA
- clause
go-LA ve-su-RA ve-E-le MI gi-DEL HEN a-NI nish-ar-TI le-vad-DI E-le E-fo HEM
- sentence
ve-a-MART bil-va-VEKH MI ya-LAD-li et-E-le va-a-NI she-KHU-la ve-gal-mu-DA go-LA ve-su-RA ve-E-le MI gi-DEL HEN a-NI nish-ar-TI le-vad-DI E-le E-fo HEM
Exegesis
The participial series shekhulah {שְׁכוּלָה | šə-kū-lāh}, galmudah {גַלְמוּדָה | gal-mû-dāh}, golah {גֹּלָה | gō-lāh}, and surah {סוּרָה | sû-rāh} portrays the speaker’s former desolation and displacement.
Root and etymology
ס־ו־רs-w-r
“to depart, remove”
In context — Isaiah 49:21
And you will say in your heart, “Who has borne these for me, since I have been bereaved and barren , exiled and removed? And these—who has raised them? Behold, I was left alone; these—where were they?”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 49:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Isaiah 49:21, so the Hebrew word וְסוּרָ֗ה (vesura) 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.49.21.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.49.21.W10.S1) and character.