Jeremiah 16:13:12Jer.16.13.W12TAB
וַעֲבַדְתֶּם־שָׁ֞ם
vaavadtemsham
“and you will serve there”
- Transliteration
- va-a-vad-TEM-SHAM
- Extended
- vah-ah-vahd-THEHM-SHAAM
- IPA
- /waʕăvadˈtˤɛm.ʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you will serve there
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-vad-TEM-SHAM
- clause
va-a-vad-TEM-SHAM et-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM yo-MAM va-LAI-la a-SHER LO-e-TEN la-KHEM kha-ni-NA
- sentence
ve-he-TAL-ti et-KHEM me-AL ha-A-rets ha-ZOT al-ha-A-rets a-SHER LO ye-Da-tem a-TEM va-a-vo-TE-khem va-a-vad-TEM-SHAM et-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM yo-MAM va-LAI-la a-SHER LO-e-TEN la-KHEM kha-ni-NA
Exegesis
The resultant waʿăvadtem-šām {וַעֲבַדְתֶּם־שָׁם | wa-ʿă-ḇad-tem-šām} ‘and you shall serve there’ employs ʿābad in a ritual context, with the compound elohim ăḥērîm {אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים | ʼĕ-lō-hîm ʼă-ḥē-rîm} ‘foreign gods’ highlighting idolatry.
In context — Jeremiah 16:13
And I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will serve other gods day and night, for I will not grant you favor .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Jeremiah 16:13, so the Hebrew word וַעֲבַדְתֶּם־שָׁ֞ם (vaavadtemsham) 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.16.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.13.W12.S1) and character.