Jeremiah 14:9:11Jer.14.9.W11TAB
וְשִׁמְךָ֛
veshimkha
“and your name”
- Transliteration
- ve-shim-KHA
- Extended
- veh-shihm-KHAA
- IPA
- /vəʃimˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and your name
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shim-KHA
- clause
ve-a-TA be-kir-BE-nu Ye-ho-VAH ve-shim-KHA a-LE-nu nik-RA al-ta-ni-KHE-nu
- sentence
la-MA tih-ye-YE ke-ISH nid-HAM ke-gib-BOR lo-YU-khal le-ho-SHI-a ve-a-TA be-kir-BE-nu Ye-ho-VAH ve-shim-KHA a-LE-nu nik-RA al-ta-ni-KHE-nu
Exegesis
The clause veshimkha aleinu nikra {וְשִׁמְךָ֛ עָלֵ֥ינוּ נִקְרָ֖א | wəšimməḵā ʿālênû niqrāʾ} ‘and Your name is invoked upon us’ signals covenant identity.
In context — Jeremiah 14:9
Why would You be like a man bewildered , like a mighty warrior who cannot save? Yet You are in our midst, LORD , and Your name is called upon us; do not forsake us.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:9:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Jeremiah 14:9, so the Hebrew word וְשִׁמְךָ֛ (veshimkha) 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.14.9.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.9.W11.S1) and character.