pu.rah denotes a bough portrayed as being lopped off in Isaiah's image of cutting down the lofty.

The attested use denotes a bough in an image where the Lord lops it off and the tall and lofty are brought down.

1. A bough being lopped off · dominant

   In Isaiah 10:33, the feminine singular absolute noun occurs in the clause describing the Lord's cutting action; the APB renders the clause, “lops off the bough with terror,” followed by the cutting down of the tall and lofty.

   Isaiah 10:33

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 10:33, the APB presents the term within “lops off the bough with terror.” This rendering is read alongside the clause rather than treated as a precise lexical equivalent.