Jeremiah 15:4:3Jer.15.4.W3TAB
לְזַֽעֲוָ֔ה
lezaava
“to an object of terror”
- Transliteration
- le-za-a-VA
- Extended
- leh-zah-ah-VAA
- IPA
- /ləzaʕăˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to an object of terror
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-za-a-VA
- phraseyour reading level
u-ne-ta-TIM le-zu-A le-za-a-VA
- clause
u-ne-ta-TIM le-zu-A le-za-a-VA le-KHOL mam-le-KHOT ha-A-rets
- 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
The phrase lezaavah {לְזַעֲוָ֔ה | lə-zaʿ-ă-vā(h)} denotes the resulting horror.
Root and etymology
z-ʿ-wzayin–ayin–vav
“horror, dread”
In context — Jeremiah 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 15:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 15:4, so the Hebrew word לְזַֽעֲוָ֔ה (lezaava) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.4.W3.S1) and character.