Jeremiah 14:19:4Jer.14.19.W4TAB
אִם־בְּצִיּוֹן֙
imbetsiyon
“or Zion”
- Transliteration
- im-be-tsi-YON
- Extended
- ihm-beh-tsee-YOHN
- IPA
- /ʔim.bətsijˈjoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- or Zion
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-be-tsi-YON
- clause
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
- 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
The conditional conjunction im {אִם־ | ʾim} ‘if’ introduces a second rhetorical contrast, linking betziyon {בְּצִיּוֹן | bəṣiyyōn} ‘in Zion’ with the perfect gaalah {גָּעֲלָה | gāʿălāh} ‘has loathed’, which takes the feminine singular subject nafshekha {נַפְשֶׁךָ | nap̄šekā} ‘your soul’.
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 14:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 14:19, so the Hebrew word אִם־בְּצִיּוֹן֙ (imbetsiyon) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.19.W4.S1) and character.