Jeremiah 13:16:11Jer.13.16.W11TAB
נָ֑שֶׁף
nashef
“twilight”
- Transliteration
- NA-shef
- Extended
- NAA-shehf
- IPA
- /ˈnaːʃɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- twilight
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
NA-shef
- phraseyour reading level
al-ha-RE NA-shef
- clause
te-NU la-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem ka-VOD be-TE-rem ya-kh-SHIKH u-ve-TE-rem yit-na-ge-FU rag-le-KHEM al-ha-RE NA-shef
- sentence
te-NU la-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem ka-VOD be-TE-rem ya-kh-SHIKH u-ve-TE-rem yit-na-ge-FU rag-le-KHEM al-ha-RE NA-shef ve-ki-vi-TEM le-OR ve-sa-MAH le-tsal-MA-vet ya-SHIT ve-SHIT la-a-ra-FEL
Exegesis
The two temporal clauses—bə-TE-rem yakh-SHIKH {בְּטֶרֶם יַחְשִׁיךְ | bə-te-rem yaḥ-šîḵ} “before He brings darkness” and ū-bə-TE-rem yit-nag-GE-fu rag-lê-khem ʿal ha-rê nā-šef {וּבְטֶרֶם יִתְנַגְּפוּ רַגְלֵיכֶם עַל־הָרֵי נָשֶׁף | ū-bə-te-rem yit-nag-gə-fū rag-lê-khem ʿal ha-rê nā-šef} “and before your feet stumble on the mountains of twilight”—establish urgency as divine action and human peril converge.
Root and etymology
n-š-pnun–shin–pe
“twilight”
In context — Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the mountains of twilight ; while you hope for light, He makes it into the shadow of death and sets it into thick darkness.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 13:16:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Jeremiah 13:16, so the Hebrew word נָ֑שֶׁף (nashef) 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 Jer.13.16.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.16.W11.S1) and character.