Jeremiah 15:11:4Jer.15.11.W4TAB
שרותך
sherutekha
“your serving or releasing”
- Transliteration
- she-ru-TE-kha
- Extended
- sheh-roo-TEH-kha
- IPA
- /ʃe.ruˈte.xa/
Meaning by language
- English
- your serving or releasing
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-ru-TE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
im-LO she-ru-TE-kha she-ri-TI-kha
- clause
a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH im-LO she-ru-TE-kha she-ri-TI-kha le-TOV
- sentence
a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH im-LO she-ru-TE-kha she-ri-TI-kha le-TOV im-LO hif-ga-TI ve-KHA be-ET ra-A u-ve-ET tsa-RA et-ha-o-YEV
Exegesis
In the first clause the Piel perfect sharotekha {שָׁרוּתְךָ | šārūṯəḵā} ‘I have loosened you’ and the Hiphil perfect sheriticha {שֵֽׁרִיתִ֖יךָ | šērîṯîḵā} ‘I have released you’ are modified by the purpose phrase le-tov {לְטוֹב | lə-ṭōḇ} ‘for good’.
Root and etymology
ש־ר־ת
“to loosen, release”
In context — Jeremiah 15:11
The LORD said, "Surely I will set you free ; surely I will cause the enemy to plead with you in the time of evil and in the time of distress."
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 15:11, so the Hebrew word שרותך (sherutekha) 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.15.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.11.W4.S1) and character.