Jeremiah 14:4:6Jer.14.4.W6TAB
גֶ֖שֶׁם
geshem
“rain”
- Transliteration
- GE-shem
- Extended
- GEH-shehm
- IPA
- /ˈɣɛʃɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- rain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
GE-shem
- phraseyour reading level
lo-HA-ya GE-shem
- clause
ba-a-VUR ha-a-da-MA kha-TA KI lo-HA-ya GE-shem ba-A-rets
- sentence
ba-a-VUR ha-a-da-MA kha-TA KI lo-HA-ya GE-shem ba-A-rets BO-shu i-ka-RIM kha-FU ro-SHAM
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּ֛י | kî} introduces a reason clause with the negated verb lohayah {לֹא־הָיָ֥ה | lōʾ-hā-yāh} ‘there was not’ governing geshem {גֶ֖שֶׁם | ge-šem} ‘rain’ and the locative baaretz {בָּאָ֑רֶץ | bā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘in the land.’
Root and etymology
g-š-mgimel–shin–mem
“rain”
In context — Jeremiah 14:4
Because the ground is cracked and dismayed, since there was no rain in the land, the farmers were ashamed; they covered their heads.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jeremiah 14:4, so the Hebrew word גֶ֖שֶׁם (geshem) 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.14.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.4.W6.S1) and character.