Jeremiah 14:20:3Jer.14.20.W3TAB
רִשְׁעֵ֖נוּ
rishenu
“our wickedness”
- Transliteration
- rish-e-NU
- Extended
- rihsh-eh-NUU
- IPA
- /riʃ.ʕeˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- our wickedness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
rish-e-NU
- clause
ya-DA-nu ye-ho-VAH rish-e-NU a-VON a-vo-TE-nu
- sentence
ya-DA-nu ye-ho-VAH rish-e-NU a-VON a-vo-TE-nu KI kha-TA-nu LAKH
Exegesis
The parallel construct rishenu {רִשְׁעֵ֖נוּ | riš-ʿê-nū} ‘our wickedness’ and the appositional noun phrase avon avoteinu {עֲוֺן אֲבוֹתֵ֑ינוּ | ʿā-ḇōn ʾă-ḇō-ṯê-nū} ‘iniquity of our fathers’ highlight collective guilt.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–shin–ayin
“to be wicked, commit wrong”
In context — Jeremiah 14:20
We acknowledge, O LORD , our wickedness , and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against You.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 14:20, so the Hebrew word רִשְׁעֵ֖נוּ (rishenu) 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.14.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.20.W3.S1) and character.