Jeremiah 13:17:5Jer.13.17.W5TAB
תִּבְכֶּֽה־נַפְשִׁ֖י
tivkenafshi
“my soul will weep”
- Transliteration
- tiv-ke-NAF-shi
- Extended
- tihv-keh-NAHF-shee
- IPA
- /tiv.kɛːˈnaf.ʃiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my soul will weep
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tiv-ke-NAF-shi
- phraseyour reading level
be-mis-ta-RIM tiv-ke-NAF-shi
- clause
ve-IM LO tish-me-A-u-ha be-mis-ta-RIM tiv-ke-NAF-shi mip-ne GE-va
- sentence
ve-IM LO tish-me-A-u-ha be-mis-ta-RIM tiv-ke-NAF-shi mip-ne GE-va ve-da-MO-a tid-MA ve-TE-rad e-NI dim-A KI nish-BA E-der Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The compound tivkeh-nafšî {תִבְכֶּה-נַפְשִׁי | tiv-keh-nap̄-shî} ‘my soul shall weep’ conveys inner grief, amplified by the causal mipnê gēwāh {מִפְּנֵי גֵוָה | mip-nê gē-wāh} ‘because of pride.’
Root and etymology
Rootn-p-sh
“soul, life, inner being”
In context — Jeremiah 13:17
But if you will not listen to it, in secret places my soul shall weep because of pride; and my eye will weep and run down with tears, because the flock of the LORD is taken captive.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 13:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 13:17, so the Hebrew word תִּבְכֶּֽה־נַפְשִׁ֖י (tivkenafshi) 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.13.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.17.W5.S1) and character.