Jeremiah 14:2:8Jer.14.2.W8TAB
יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם
yerushalim
“Jerusalem”
- Transliteration
- ye-ru-sha-LIM
- Extended
- yeh-roo-shaa-LIHM
- IPA
- /jə.ruː.ʃaːˈlim/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jerusalem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ye-ru-sha-LIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-tsi-ve-KHAT ye-ru-sha-LIM
- clause
ve-tsi-ve-KHAT ye-ru-sha-LIM a-la-TA
- 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
In the final clause, u-tsivhat Yerushalayim {וְצִוְחַ֥ת יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם | wə-ṣîwḥat Yərūšālayim} ‘the cry of Jerusalem’ precedes alatah {עָלָֽתָה | ʿālāṯā(h)} ‘has gone up’, evoking the imagery of a lament rising from the fallen city.
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 14:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 14:2, so the Hebrew word יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם (yerushalim) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.2.W8.S1) and character.