Jeremiah 14:19:12Jer.14.19.W12TAB
קַוֵּ֤ה
kave
“we waited”
- Transliteration
- ka-VE
- Extended
- kah-VEE
- IPA
- /qavˈveː/
Meaning by language
- English
- we waited
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-VE
- phraseyour reading level
ka-VE le-sha-LOM
- clause
ka-VE le-sha-LOM ve-EN TOV u-le-ET mar-PE ve-hin-NE be-a-TA
- sentence
ha-MA-os MA-as-TA ET-ye-hu-DA im-be-tsi-YON ga-a-LA NAF-she-KHA ma-DU-a hi-KI-ta-NU ve-EN la-NU mar-PE ka-VE le-sha-LOM ve-EN TOV u-le-ET mar-PE ve-hin-NE be-a-TA
Exegesis
Next, the imperative kave leshalom {קַוֵּה לְשָׁלוֹם | qawwē ləšālōm} ‘hope for peace’ is mirrored by another existential clause ve-ein tov {וְאֵין טוֹב | wəʾēn ṭôv} ‘and there is no good’.
Root and etymology
q-w-hq-w-h
“hope, waiting”
In context — Jeremiah 14:19
Have You utterly rejected Judah, or has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You struck us so that there is no healing for us? We hoped for peace, but there is no good; and for a time of healing, but behold, terror!
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:19:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Jeremiah 14:19, so the Hebrew word קַוֵּ֤ה (kave) 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.14.19.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.19.W12.S1) and character.