Jeremiah 15:2:17Jer.15.2.W17TAB
לָֽרָעָב֙
laraav
“to famine”
- Transliteration
- la-ra-AV
- Extended
- laa-rah-AAV
- IPA
- /laːraːˈʕaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to famine
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-ra-AV
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-SHER la-ra-AV
- clause
ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER la-MA-vet la-MA-vet va-a-SHER la-KHE-rev la-KHE-rev va-a-SHER la-ra-AV la-ra-AV va-a-SHER la-she-VI la-SHE-vi
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ki-yo-me-RU e-LE-kha A-na ne-TSE ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER la-MA-vet la-MA-vet va-a-SHER la-KHE-rev la-KHE-rev va-a-SHER la-ra-AV la-ra-AV va-a-SHER la-she-VI la-SHE-vi
Root and etymology
Rootresh, ayin, bet
“hunger”
In context — Jeremiah 15:2
And it will happen that when they say to you, “Where shall we go out?” then you shall say to them, “Thus says the LORD : Whoever is for death, to death; and whoever is for the sword, to the sword; and whoever is for famine, to famine; and whoever is for captivity , to captivity.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:2:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Jeremiah 15:2, so the Hebrew word לָֽרָעָב֙ (laraav) 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.15.2.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.2.W17.S1) and character.