Jeremiah 13:4:13Jer.13.4.W13TAB

הַסָּֽלַע׃

hasala

of the rock

Transliteration
ha-sa-LA
Extended
hah-saa-LAH
IPA
/has.saːˈlaʕ/

Meaning by language

English
of the rock

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + סָּֽ + לַע׃
ha + sa + la
hasala

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Samekhs as in sit
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-sa-LA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    bin-KIK ha-sa-LA

  3. clause

    ve-KUM LEKH pe-ra-TA ve-tam-NE-hu SHAM bin-KIK ha-sa-LA

  4. sentence

    KAKH et-ha-e-ZOR a-SHER ka-NI-ta a-SHER al-ma-te-NE-kha ve-KUM LEKH pe-ra-TA ve-tam-NE-hu SHAM bin-KIK ha-sa-LA

Exegesis

Peratah {פְּרָ֔תָה | pərāṯā(h)} with the directional heh marks the Euphrates as the destination, and the final imperative vetomnehu {וְטָמְנֵ֥הוּ | wəṭāmnēhû} ‘hide it’ directs placing the belt sham {שָׁ֖ם | šām} ‘there’ in binqiq hasālaʿ {בִּנְקִ֥יק הַסָּֽלַע | binqîq hasālaʿ} ‘a cleft in the rock.’ The Hebrew syntax emphasizes immediacy and the physical reality of the prophetic symbol through stark imperatives and precise locative expressions.

Root and etymology

RootSamekh–Lamed–Ayin

rock, cliff

In contextJeremiah 13:4

Take the belt that you bought, which is around your loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock .

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 13:4:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Jeremiah 13:4, so the Hebrew word הַסָּֽלַע׃ (hasala) 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.13.4.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.4.W13.S1) and character.