Jeremiah 16:17:5Jer.16.17.W5TAB
נִסְתְּר֖וּ
nisteru
“they are hidden”
- Transliteration
- nis-te-RU
- Extended
- nihs-teh-ROO
- IPA
- /nis.təˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they are hidden
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
nis-te-RU
- phraseyour reading level
LO nis-te-RU
- clause
KI e-NAI al-KOL-dar-khe-HEM LO nis-te-RU mil-le-fa-NAI
- sentence
KI e-NAI al-KOL-dar-khe-HEM LO nis-te-RU mil-le-fa-NAI ve-LO-nits-PAN a-vo-NAM min-ne-GED e-NAI
Exegesis
Two parallel negative clauses with Niphal perfect verbs nisteru {נִסְתְּרוּ | nis-te-rū} ‘they are hidden’ and wə-lōʾ-nits-pan {וְלֹא־נִצְפַּן | wə-lōʾ-nits-pan} ‘and not concealed’ assert divine vigilance.
In context — Jeremiah 16:17
For my eyes are upon all their ways ; nothing is hidden from before Me , and their iniquity is not concealed from my eyes.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 16:17, so the Hebrew word נִסְתְּר֖וּ (nisteru) 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.16.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.17.W5.S1) and character.