Jeremiah 15:7:9Jer.15.7.W9TAB
לוֹא־שָֽׁבוּ׃
loshavu
“they did not turn back”
- Transliteration
- lo-SHA-VU
- Extended
- loh-SHAA-voo
- IPA
- /loː.ʃaːˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they did not turn back
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-SHA-VU
- clause
shi-KAL-te i-BAD-te et-A-MI mid-dar-khe-HEM lo-SHA-VU
- 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
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–shin
“fire”
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 15:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 15:7, so the Hebrew word לוֹא־שָֽׁבוּ׃ (loshavu) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.7.W9.S1) and character.