Jeremiah 15:7:1Jer.15.7.W1TAB
וָאֶזְרֵ֥ם
vaezrem
“and I winnowed them”
- Transliteration
- va-ez-REM
- Extended
- vaa-ehz-REEM
- IPA
- /vaːʔɛzˈreːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I winnowed them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ez-REM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ez-REM be-miz-RE
- clause
va-ez-REM be-miz-RE be-sha-a-RE ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-ez-REM be-miz-RE be-sha-a-RE ha-A-rets shi-KAL-te i-BAD-te et-A-MI mid-dar-khe-HEM lo-SHA-VU
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive va'ezrem {וָאֶזְרֵם | wā-’ez-rēm} ‘and I winnowed them,’ signaling divine judgment action.
Root and etymology
ז־ר־ה
“to winnow or scatter”
In context — Jeremiah 15:7
And I winnowed them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land; I have bereaved and destroyed my people from their ways. They did not return.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 15:7, so the Hebrew word וָאֶזְרֵ֥ם (vaezrem) 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.15.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.7.W1.S1) and character.