Jeremiah 14:3:10Jer.14.3.W10TAB
שָׁ֤בוּ
shavu
“they returned”
- Transliteration
- sha-VU
- Extended
- shaa-VOO
- IPA
- /ʃɑːˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they returned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
sha-VU
- phraseyour reading level
sha-VU khe-le-HEM
- clause
ba-U al-GE-vim lo-ma-tse-U MA-yim sha-VU khe-le-HEM re-KAM bo-SHU ve-ha-khel-MU ve-kha-FU ro-SHAM
- sentence
ve-a-di-re-HEM shal-khu tse-o-ri-HEM tse-i-re-HEM la-MA-yim ba-U al-GE-vim lo-ma-tse-U MA-yim sha-VU khe-le-HEM re-KAM bo-SHU ve-ha-khel-MU ve-kha-FU ro-SHAM
Exegesis
The return clause shavu keleihem reikam {שָׁבוּ כְלֵיהֶם רֵיקָם | šā-ḇū kə-lê-hem rê-qām} ‘they returned with their vessels empty’ employs an attributive adjective.
In context — Jeremiah 14:3
Their nobles sent their junior attendants for water; they came to the cisterns and found none. They returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and humiliated, and they covered their heads.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 14:3, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֤בוּ (shavu) 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.14.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.3.W10.S1) and character.