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Burning Bush

Biblical
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

The Burning Bush is the flame-filled bush through which God calls Moses.

Detailed Definition
At Horeb, Moses sees a bush that burns without being consumed and hears a divine summons from within the fire. The scene makes ordinary landscape suddenly numinous, joining terror, vocation, and the mystery of a presence that does not destroy what it inhabits. Poets invoke the Burning Bush for moments when a neglected place speaks, or when a life’s purpose appears as an undying flame.
Example
Example in poetry:
The Burning Bush is the fiery bush through which God speaks to Moses without consuming it.; A poet might use the image for a revelation that illuminates without destroying: “A Burning Bush flared beside the ordinary road.”; The symbol can represent a vocation that calls a person out of silence.; “Remove your shoes, the poem is a Burning Bush” presents artistic attention as a sacred encounter.
Additional Notes
The Burning Bush is the thornbush that burns without being consumed when God calls Moses in Exodus 3. It marks holy ground, divine presence, and the beginning of Moses’ mission to deliver Israel. The image often symbolizes revelation appearing through an ordinary yet transformed object.
Also Known As
Bush of Horeb
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