Jeremiah 15:4:14Jer.15.4.W14TAB

בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

birushalim

in Jerusalem

Transliteration
bi-ru-sha-LIM
Extended
bih-roo-shah-LEEM
IPA
/biːruːʃaˈlaːjim/

Meaning by language

English
in Jerusalem

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    bi-ru-sha-LIM

  2. clause

    big-LAL me-na-SHE ben-ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu ME-lekh ye-hu-DA AL a-sher-a-SA bi-ru-sha-LIM

  3. sentence

    u-ne-ta-TIM le-zu-A le-za-a-VA le-KHOL mam-le-KHOT ha-A-rets big-LAL me-na-SHE ben-ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu ME-lekh ye-hu-DA AL a-sher-a-SA bi-ru-sha-LIM

Exegesis

Biglal {בִּ֠גְלַל | bi-glal} introduces the causal nexus, leading into the relative clause asher asah birushalayim {אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֖ה בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם | ʾă-šer ʿā-śā(h) bi-yə-rū-šā-lā-yim}, which specifies the act in Jerusalem that prompts judgment.

In contextJeremiah 15:4

And I will give them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth on account of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem .

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 15:4:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Jeremiah 15:4, so the Hebrew word בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃ (birushalim) 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.15.4.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.4.W14.S1) and character.