Jeremiah 14:8:1Jer.14.8.W1TAB
מִקְוֵה֙
mikve
“hope”
- Transliteration
- mik-VE
- Extended
- mihk-VEE
- IPA
- /miqˈveː/
Meaning by language
- English
- hope
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mik-VE
- clause
mik-VE yis-ra-EL mo-shi-O be-ET tsa-RA
- sentence
mik-VE yis-ra-EL mo-shi-O be-ET tsa-RA LA-ma tih-HE-ye ke-GER ba-A-rets u-khe-O-re-akh na-TA la-LUN
Exegesis
The verse opens with a vocative label mikveh {מִקְוֵה | mîq·wê} ‘hope’, addressed to the national personification Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiś-rā-’ēl} ‘Israel’.
Root and etymology
q-w-hq-w-h
“hope, waiting”
In context — Jeremiah 14:8
Hope of Israel, his Savior in time of trouble, why should You be like a stranger in the land, and like a traveler who turns aside to lodge?
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 14:8, so the Hebrew word מִקְוֵה֙ (mikve) 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.14.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.8.W1.S1) and character.