Jeremiah 14:12:14Jer.14.12.W14TAB
וּבָרָעָ֣ב
uvaraav
“and by famine”
- Transliteration
- u-va-ra-AV
- Extended
- oo-vah-raa-AAV
- IPA
- /uː.vaː.raːˈʕaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and by famine
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-va-ra-AV
- phraseyour reading level
u-va-ra-AV u-vad-DE-ver
- clause
KI ba-KHE-rev u-va-ra-AV u-vad-DE-ver a-no-KHI me-kha-LE o-TAM
- sentence
KI ya-TSU-mu e-NE-ni sho-ME-a el-ri-na-TAM ve-KI ya-a-LU o-LA u-min-KHA e-NE-ni ro-TSAM KI ba-KHE-rev u-va-ra-AV u-vad-DE-ver a-no-KHI me-kha-LE o-TAM
Exegesis
The final clause deploys the prepositional phrases baḥereb {בַּחֶרֶב | baḥereb} ‘by the sword’, ū-rā‘āḇ {וּבָרָעָב | ū-rā‘āḇ} ‘and by famine’, and ū-bā-dēver {וּבַדֶּבֶר | ū-bā-dēver} ‘and by pestilence’ as cumulative instruments of judgment.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–ayin–bet
“famine”
In context — Jeremiah 14:12
For when they fast, I do not listen to their cry; and when they offer a burnt offering and grain offering , I do not accept them. For by the sword and by famine and by pestilence, I consume them.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:12:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Jeremiah 14:12, so the Hebrew word וּבָרָעָ֣ב (uvaraav) 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.14.12.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.12.W14.S1) and character.