Jeremiah 14:6:10Jer.14.6.W10TAB
עֵֽשֶׂב׃
esev
“vegetation or grass”
- Transliteration
- E-sev
- Extended
- EH-sehv
- IPA
- /ˈʕeːsɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- vegetation or grass
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
E-sev
- phraseyour reading level
ki-EN E-sev
- clause
ka-LU e-ne-HEM ki-EN E-sev
- sentence
u-fe-ra-IM a-me-DU al-she-fa-YIM sha-a-FU RU-akh ka-tan-NIM ka-LU e-ne-HEM ki-EN E-sev
Exegesis
In the final clause, the perfect kalu {כָּל֥וּ | kā-lû} ‘failed’ predicates on eineihem {עֵינֵיהֶ֖ם | ʿê-nê-hem} ‘their eyes’, and the causal clause introduced by ki-ein {כִּי־אֵ֥ן | kî-ʾên} ‘because there is no’ presents esev {עֵֽשֶׂב | ʿê-seḇ} ‘grass’ as the drought’s cause. The sequence of perfect verbs and coordinate structure heightens progressive exhaustion under drought.
Root and etymology
RootAyin–Shin–Bet
“grass, vegetation”
In context — Jeremiah 14:6
And the wild donkeys stood on the heights; they snuffed the wind like jackals; their eyes failed because there was no grass.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 14:6, so the Hebrew word עֵֽשֶׂב׃ (esev) 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.14.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.6.W10.S1) and character.