Jeremiah 14:5:8Jer.14.5.W8TAB
דֶּֽשֶׁא׃
deshe
“grass”
- Transliteration
- DE-she
- Extended
- DEH-sheh
- IPA
- /ˈdɛʃɛʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- grass
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
DE-she
- clause
KI lo-ha-YA DE-she
- sentence
KI gam-A-ye-let ba-sa-DE yal-de-DA ve-a-ZOV KI lo-ha-YA DE-she
Exegesis
The second ki {כִּי | kî} introduces the result clause, where lo-hayah {לֹא־הָיָה | lō-hāyāh} ‘there was not’ predicates the absence of deshe {דֶּשֶׁא | dešeʾ} ‘grass,’ explaining the cause of abandonment.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–shin–aleph
“grass, green growth”
In context — Jeremiah 14:5
For even the hind in the field gave birth and forsook her young, because there was no grass .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 14:5, so the Hebrew word דֶּֽשֶׁא׃ (deshe) 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.14.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.5.W8.S1) and character.