Jeremiah 14:2:3Jer.14.2.W3TAB
וּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָ
usheareha
“and her gates”
- Transliteration
- u-she-a-RE-ha
- Extended
- oo-sheh-aa-REH-haah
- IPA
- /u.ʃə.ʕaːˈrɛ.haː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and her gates
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-she-a-RE-ha
- phraseyour reading level
u-she-a-RE-ha um-le-LU
- clause
av-le-LA ye-hu-DA u-she-a-RE-ha um-le-LU kad-RU la-RETS
- sentence
av-le-LA ye-hu-DA u-she-a-RE-ha um-le-LU kad-RU la-RETS ve-tsi-ve-KHAT ye-ru-sha-LIM a-la-TA
Exegesis
The conjunction wə {וּ | wə} links to u-sheareha {וּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָ | wə-šaʿārêhā} ‘and her gates’, forming a parallel subject clause.
Root and etymology
Rootš-ʿ-r
“gate, opening”
In context — Jeremiah 14:2
Judah mourns, and her gates droop; her people sink down in darkness to the ground, and Jerusalem’s cry rises.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 14:2, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָ (usheareha) 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.14.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.2.W3.S1) and character.