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

Result
וְ + סוּ + רָ֗ה
ve + su + ra
vesura

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Samekhs as in sit
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-su-RA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    go-LA ve-su-RA

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextIsaiah 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.