Judges 13:6:14Judg.13.6.W14TAB
נוֹרָ֣א
nora
“fearful”
- Transliteration
- no-RA
- Extended
- noh-RAA
- IPA
- /noːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- fearful
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 |
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Word in context
- word
no-RA
- phraseyour reading level
no-RA me-OD
- clause
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA va-to-MER le-i-SHAH le-MOR ISH ha-e-lo-HIM BA E-lai u-mar-E-hu ke-mar-E mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM no-RA me-OD
- sentence
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA va-to-MER le-i-SHAH le-MOR ISH ha-e-lo-HIM BA E-lai u-mar-E-hu ke-mar-E mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM no-RA me-OD ve-LO she-il-TI-ye-hu EI-mi-ZE HU ve-ET-she-MO LO-hi-GID LI
Exegesis
The intensifier nora meod {נוֹרָא מְאֹד | nō-rāʾ mê-ʾōḏ} heightens the sense of awe. The paired clauses velo sheilthu …
Root and etymology
Rootnun–vav–resh
“awesome, fearsome”
In context — Judges 13:6
Then the woman came and said to her husband, “A man of God came to me, and he looked like an angel of God—very awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name.”
About this coordinate
Judges 13:6:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Judges 13:6, so the Hebrew word נוֹרָ֣א (nora) 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.13.6.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.6.W14.S1) and character.