Jeremiah 15:18:6Jer.15.18.W6TAB
אֲנוּשָׁ֑ה
anusha
“incurable or grievous”
- Transliteration
- a-NU-sha
- Extended
- ah-NUU-shaa
- IPA
- /ʔăˈnuː.ʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- incurable or grievous
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-NU-sha
- clause
LA-ma ha-YA khe-E-VI NE-tsakh u-ma-KA-ti a-NU-sha
- sentence
LA-ma ha-YA khe-E-VI NE-tsakh u-ma-KA-ti a-NU-sha me-a-NA he-ra-FE ha-YO ti-he-YE LI kmo akh-ZAV MA-yim LO ne-e-MA-nu
Exegesis
The coordinated phrase u-makkati anushah {וּמַכָּתִ֖י אֲנוּשָׁ֑ה | ū-maḵ-kā-tî ă-nū-shāh} intensifies suffering by portraying the wound as incurable.
Root and etymology
“desperate, grievous”
In context — Jeremiah 15:18
Why has my pain been perpetual, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will You surely be to me like a deceptive brook , waters that are not trustworthy?
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jeremiah 15:18, so the Hebrew word אֲנוּשָׁ֑ה (anusha) 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.15.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.18.W6.S1) and character.