Jeremiah 14:15:18Jer.14.15.W18TAB

וּבָֽרָעָב֙

uvaraav

and by famine

Transliteration
u-va-ra-AV
Extended
oo-vah-rah-AAV
IPA
/uːvaːraˈʕaːv/

Meaning by language

English
and by famine

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וּ + בָֽ + רָ + עָב֙
u + va + ra + av
uvaraav

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-va-ra-AV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ba-KHE-rev u-va-ra-AV

  3. clause

    ba-KHE-rev u-va-ra-AV yit-ta-MU ha-ne-vi-IM ha-HE-ma

  4. sentence

    la-KHEN ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH al-ha-ne-vi-IM ha-niv-be-IM bish-MI va-a-NI lo-she-lakh-TIM ve-HE-ma o-me-RIM KHE-rev ve-ra-AV LO yih-ye ba-A-rets ha-ZOT ba-KHE-rev u-va-ra-AV yit-ta-MU ha-ne-vi-IM ha-HE-ma

Exegesis

The clause ba-ḥe-reḇ û-ba-rā-ʿāḇ yit-ta-mû {בַּחֶ֤רֶב וּבָֽרָעָב֙ יִתַּ֔מּוּ | ba-ḥe-reḇ û-ba-rā-ʿāḇ yit-ta-mû} ‘by the sword and by the famine they shall be consumed’ emphatically reverses the promise with instrumentality, and the demonstrative han-nə-ḇi-ʾîm ha-hê-mmā {הַנְּבִאִ֖ים הָהֵֽמָּה | han-nə-ḇi-ʾîm ha-hê-mmā} ‘those prophets’ closes the oracle. English rearranges verb placement to reflect Hebrew emphasis on imminent judgment.

Root and etymology

Rootresh–ayin–bet

famine

In contextJeremiah 14:15

Therefore, thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, though I did not send them: they say, “Sword and famine shall not be in this land.” By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed.

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 14:15:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Jeremiah 14:15, so the Hebrew word וּבָֽרָעָב֙ (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.14.15.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.15.W18.S1) and character.