Jeremiah 15:7:2Jer.15.7.W2TAB
בְּמִזְרֶ֖ה
bemizre
“with a winnowing fork”
- Transliteration
- be-miz-RE
- Extended
- beh-mihz-REH
- IPA
- /bəmizˈrɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with a winnowing fork
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-miz-RE
- 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 instrumental phrase b'mizreh {בְּמִזְרֶה | bə-miz-reh} ‘with a winnowing fork’ and the locative construct b'sha'arei ha'aretz {בְּשַׁעֲרֵי הָאָרֶץ | bə-ša-ʿă-rê hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘at the gates of the land’ specify the means and place of separation.
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 15:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 15:7, so the Hebrew word בְּמִזְרֶ֖ה (bemizre) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.7.W2.S1) and character.