Jeremiah 14:18:10Jer.14.18.W10TAB
רָעָ֑ב
raav
“famine”
- Transliteration
- ra-AV
- Extended
- raa-AAV
- IPA
- /raːˈʕaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- famine
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ra-AV
- phraseyour reading level
ta-kha-lu-E ra-AV
- clause
im-ya-TSA-ti ha-sa-DE ve-hin-NE khal-le-KHE-rev ve-IM ba-TI ha-IR ve-hin-NE ta-kha-lu-E ra-AV
- sentence
im-ya-TSA-ti ha-sa-DE ve-hin-NE khal-le-KHE-rev ve-IM ba-TI ha-IR ve-hin-NE ta-kha-lu-E ra-AV ki-gam-na-VI gam-ko-HEN sa-kha-RU el-E-rets ve-LO ya-DE-u
Exegesis
A parallel clause with ve-im {וְאִם֙ | wə-ʾim} and Qal perfect bati {בָּ֣אתִי | bā-ʾtî} ‘I entered’ with ha-ir {הָעִ֔יר | hā-ʿîr} ‘the city’ and vehinneh {וְהִנֵּ֖ה | wə-hin-nēh} frames tachallu'ei-ra'av {תַּחֲלוּאֵ֣י רָעָ֑ב | ta-ḥă-lu-ʾê rā-ʿāv} ‘diseases of famine.’
Root and etymology
r-ʿ-vresh–ayin–bet
“hunger, famine”
In context — Jeremiah 14:18
If I go out into the field, behold the slain by the sword! And if I enter the city, behold the diseases of famine! For both the prophet and the priest roam through the land and have no understanding .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 14:18, so the Hebrew word רָעָ֑ב (raav) 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.14.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.18.W10.S1) and character.