Jeremiah 13:4:9Jer.13.4.W9TAB
פְּרָ֔תָה
perata
“to the Euphrates”
- Transliteration
- pe-ra-TA
- Extended
- peh-rah-TAA
- IPA
- /pəraːˈθaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the Euphrates
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pe-ra-TA
- phraseyour reading level
LEKH pe-ra-TA
- clause
ve-KUM LEKH pe-ra-TA ve-tam-NE-hu SHAM bin-KIK ha-sa-LA
- 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
“Euphrates”
In context — Jeremiah 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 13:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 13:4, so the Hebrew word פְּרָ֔תָה (perata) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.4.W9.S1) and character.