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

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Tavt as in top
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    she-ru-TE-kha

  2. phraseyour reading level

    im-LO she-ru-TE-kha she-ri-TI-kha

  3. clause

    a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH im-LO she-ru-TE-kha she-ri-TI-kha le-TOV

  4. 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 contextJeremiah 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.