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Isaiah 6:4

“And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נוּעַnûwaʻ · noo'-ah
H5128 · Hebrew

Definition: to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: continually, fugitive, [idiom] make, to (go) up and down, be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove, scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond, wag, (make) wander (up and down).
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יָּנֻ֨עוּ֙ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vqw3mp
Usage: Occurs 42 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:12 Genesis 4:14 Exodus 20:18 Numbers 32:13 Judges 9:9

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נוּעַ here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.