Judges 13:5:6Judg.13.5.W6TAB

וּמוֹרָה֙

umora

“and a razor”

Transliteration: u-mo-RA
Extended: oo-moh-RAA
IPA: /umoˈraː/

Meaning by language

English: and a razor

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וּ + מוֹ + רָה֙

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u + mo + ra

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umora

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Mem	m as in mother
	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'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

word
u-mo-RA
clause
KI hi-NAKH ha-RA ve-yo-LAD-te BEN u-mo-RA LO-ya-a-LE al-RO-sho KI-ne-ZIR e-lo-HIM yih-HE ha-NA-ar min-ha-BA-ten
sentence
KI hi-NAKH ha-RA ve-yo-LAD-te BEN u-mo-RA LO-ya-a-LE al-RO-sho KI-ne-ZIR e-lo-HIM yih-HE ha-NA-ar min-ha-BA-ten ve-HU ya-KHEL le-ho-SHI-a et-yis-ra-EL mi-YAD pe-lish-TIM

Exegesis

The prohibition clause u-morah lo-ya‘ăleh ʿal-rōšô {וּמוֹרָה לֹא־יַעֲלֶה עַל־רֹאשׁוֹ | û-môrâh lō-ya‘ă-léh ʿal-rōšô} links the shaving implement morah {מוֹרָה | mô-rāh} with the verb phrase prohibiting its application.

Root and etymology

מ־ר־ה

“razor, sharp blade”

In context — Judges 13:5

For behold, you will conceive and bear a son, and a razor shall not come upon his head, for the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he will begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines.

About this coordinate

Judges 13:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 13:5, so the Hebrew word וּמוֹרָה֙ (umora) 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 Judg.13.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.5.W6.S1) and character.

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