Jeremiah 15:16:8Jer.15.16.W8TAB
לְשָׂשׂ֖וֹן
lesason
“for joy”
- Transliteration
- le-sa-SON
- Extended
- leh-sah- SOHN
- IPA
- /ləsaːˈsoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- for joy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-sa-SON
- clause
nim-tse-U de-va-RE-kha va-okh-LEM va-ye-HI de-va-re-KHA de-var-KHA LI le-sa-SON u-le-sim-KHAT le-va-VI
- sentence
nim-tse-U de-va-RE-kha va-okh-LEM va-ye-HI de-va-re-KHA de-var-KHA LI le-sa-SON u-le-sim-KHAT le-va-VI ki-nik-RA shim-KHA a-LAI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI tse-va-OT
Exegesis
The prepositional pairs le-sason {לְשָׂשׂ֖וֹן | lə-śā-śôn} and u-le-simchat levavi {וּלְשִׂמְחַ֣ת לְבָבִ֑י | ū-lə-śim-ḥat lə-ḇā-vî} create synonymous parallelism, intensifying the emotional effect.
Root and etymology
s-s-nsamekh–shin–nun
“joy”
In context — Jeremiah 15:16
Your words were found, and I ate them, and your word became for me a joy and gladness of my heart ; for your name was called upon me, O LORD God of hosts .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 15:16, so the Hebrew word לְשָׂשׂ֖וֹן (lesason) 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.15.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.16.W8.S1) and character.