Jeremiah 14:15:6Jer.14.15.W6TAB
בִּשְׁמִי֮
bishmi
“in my name”
- Transliteration
- bish-MI
- Extended
- bihsh-MEE
- IPA
- /biʃˈmiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in my name
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bish-MI
- phraseyour reading level
ha-niv-be-IM bish-MI
- clause
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
- 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 ʿal han-neviʾim han-nibbeʾim biš-mî {עַֽל-הַנְּבִאִ֞ים הַנִּבְּאִ֣ים בִּשְׁמִי | ʿal han-nə-ḇi-ʾîm han-nib-bə-ʾîm biš-mî} ‘concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name’ specifies those rebuked.
Root and etymology
b-w-šbet–vav–shin
“to be ashamed”
In context — Jeremiah 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 14:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jeremiah 14:15, so the Hebrew word בִּשְׁמִי֮ (bishmi) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.15.W6.S1) and character.