Jeremiah 15:9:11Jer.15.9.W11TAB

בּ֣וֹשָׁה

bosha

she was ashamed

Transliteration
BO-SHA
Extended
BOH-SHAA
IPA
/boːˈʃaː/

Meaning by language

English
she was ashamed

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Result
בּ֣וֹ + שָׁה
bo + sha
bosha

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    BO-SHA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    BO-SHA ve-kha-FE-ra

  3. clause

    um-le-LA yo-LE-det ha-shi-VA na-fe-KHA naf-SHAH VA-e BA shim-SHAH be-OD yo-MAM BO-SHA ve-kha-FE-ra

  4. sentence

    um-le-LA yo-LE-det ha-shi-VA na-fe-KHA naf-SHAH VA-e BA shim-SHAH be-OD yo-MAM BO-SHA ve-kha-FE-ra u-she-E-ri-TAM la-KHE-rev e-TEN lif-NE o-ye-VE-hem ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

The successive verbs boshah vechapeirah {בּ֣וֹשָׁה וְחָפֵ֑רָה | bō-šāh wə-ḥāp̄ê-rāh} ‘she was ashamed and humiliated’ double the sense of disgrace.

In contextJeremiah 15:9

The one who bore seven languishes; she has breathed out her life and her sun has gone down while it is still day. She is ashamed and humiliated. And their remnant I will give to the sword before their enemies, declares the LORD .

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 15:9:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Jeremiah 15:9, so the Hebrew word בּ֣וֹשָׁה (bosha) 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.15.9.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.9.W11.S1) and character.