Jeremiah 13:16:17Jer.13.16.W17TAB
וְשִׁ֖ית
veshit
“and he makes”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHIT
- Extended
- veh-SHEET
- IPA
- /wəˈʃiːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he makes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-SHIT
- phraseyour reading level
ya-SHIT ve-SHIT
- clause
ve-ki-vi-TEM le-OR ve-sa-MAH le-tsal-MA-vet ya-SHIT ve-SHIT la-a-ra-FEL
- 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 final commands yə-šît və-šît la-ʿă-ra-pel {יְשִׁית וְשִׁית לַעֲרָפֶל | yə-šît və-šît la-ʿă-ra-pel} “He sets and set to thick darkness” reinforce inescapable divine judgment.
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 13:16:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Jeremiah 13:16, so the Hebrew word וְשִׁ֖ית (veshit) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.16.W17.S1) and character.