Jeremiah 15:20:13Jer.15.20.W13TAB
לְהוֹשִֽׁיעֲךָ֥
lehoshiakha
“to save you”
- Transliteration
- le-ho-shi-A-kha
- Extended
- leh-hoh-shee-AH-kha
- IPA
- /ləhoːʃiːˈʕă.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to save you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ho-shi-A-kha
- phraseyour reading level
le-ho-shi-A-kha u-le-ha-tsi-LE-kha
- clause
KI-it-te-KHA a-NI le-ho-shi-A-kha u-le-ha-tsi-LE-kha ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
u-ne-ta-TI-kha la-AM ha-ZE le-kho-MAT ne-KHO-shet be-tsu-RA ve-nil-kha-MU e-LE-kha ve-LO-YU-khe-LU LAKH KI-it-te-KHA a-NI le-ho-shi-A-kha u-le-ha-tsi-LE-kha ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The twin Hiphil infinitives lehoshi’akha ulehatzilekha {לְהוֹשִׁיעֲךָ וּלְהַצִּילֶךָ | lə-hō-šî-ʿă-ḵā u-lə-haṣ-ṣî-lē-ḵā} use synonymous parallelism to reinforce saving and delivering action.
In context — Jeremiah 15:20
And I will make you a fortified wall of bronze for this people; they will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you, for I am with you to save you and to deliver you, says the LORD .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:20:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Jeremiah 15:20, so the Hebrew word לְהוֹשִֽׁיעֲךָ֥ (lehoshiakha) 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.15.20.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.20.W13.S1) and character.