Jeremiah 15:12:1Jer.15.12.W1TAB
הֲיָרֹ֨עַ
hayaroa
“can he break”
- Transliteration
- ha-ya-RO-a
- Extended
- hah-yaa-ROH-ah
- IPA
- /hăjaˈroːaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- can he break
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ya-RO-a
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ya-RO-a bar-ZEL bar-ZEL
- sentence
ha-ya-RO-a bar-ZEL bar-ZEL mits-tsa-FON u-ne-KHO-shet
Exegesis
The verse begins with the interrogative imperfect hayaroa {הֲיָרֹ֨עַ | ha-yā-rōaʿ} ‘can it be broken?’, establishing a rhetorical question.
Root and etymology
ר־ע־ע
“to break”
In context — Jeremiah 15:12
Can iron break iron from the north and bronze ?
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 15:12, so the Hebrew word הֲיָרֹ֨עַ (hayaroa) 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.15.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.12.W1.S1) and character.