Jeremiah 15:10:6Jer.15.10.W6TAB
רִ֛יב
riv
“of dispute or strife”
- Transliteration
- RIV
- Extended
- REEV
- IPA
- /ˈriːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- of dispute or strife
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
RIV
- phraseyour reading level
ISH RIV
- clause
OI-LI IM-MI KI ye-LID-TI-ni ISH RIV ve-ISH ma-DON le-KHOL-ha-A-rets
- sentence
OI-LI IM-MI KI ye-LID-TI-ni ISH RIV ve-ISH ma-DON le-KHOL-ha-A-rets LO-na-SHI-ti ve-LO-na-SHU-VI KU-lo me-kal-le-LA-vo-ni
Exegesis
A paired coordinate structure of ish riv {אִישׁ רִיב | ʾîš rîḇ} 'man of strife' and ve-ish madon {וְאִישׁ מָדוֹן | wə-ʾîš mā·ḏôn} 'and man of contention' intensifies the identity.
Root and etymology
resh-yod-betresh-yod-bet
“strife”
In context — Jeremiah 15:10
Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to all the land! I have not lent, nor have they lent to me, yet all of them curse me .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jeremiah 15:10, so the Hebrew word רִ֛יב (riv) 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.15.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.10.W6.S1) and character.