Jeremiah 14:1:5Jer.14.1.W5TAB
עַל־דִּבְרֵ֖י
aldivre
“concerning the matters of”
- Transliteration
- al-div-RE
- Extended
- ahl-dihv-REE
- IPA
- /ʕal.dibˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- concerning the matters of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-div-RE
- sentence
a-SHER ha-YA de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH el-yir-me-YA-hu al-div-RE ha-bats-tsa-ROT
Exegesis
The construct noun devar {דְּבַר | də-var} ‘word’ joined with the divine name YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} ‘LORD’ identifies the origin of the proclamation.
The preposition al {עַל־ | ʿal} introduces the theme, followed by the construct chain divrei {דִּבְרֵי | div-rê} ‘words of’ and the definite plural noun ha-batzarot {הַבַּצָּרוֹת | hab-batṣ-ṣā-rōt} ‘the droughts’, specifying the content. In Hebrew the relative pronoun precedes the predicate and the main noun phrase follows, requiring reordering for English clarity. The plural form batzsarot implies an extended period of scarcity.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“speech”
In context — Jeremiah 14:1
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 14:1, so the Hebrew word עַל־דִּבְרֵ֖י (aldivre) 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.14.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.1.W5.S1) and character.