Jeremiah 14:19:13Jer.14.19.W13TAB
לְשָׁלוֹם֙
leshalom
“for peace”
- Transliteration
- le-sha-LOM
- Extended
- leh-shaa-LOHM
- IPA
- /ləʃaˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for peace
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-sha-LOM
- 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
Rootshin–lamed–mem
“peace, wholeness”
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 14:19:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Jeremiah 14:19, so the Hebrew word לְשָׁלוֹם֙ (leshalom) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.19.W13.S1) and character.