Jeremiah 16:18:1Jer.16.18.W1TAB
וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֣י
veshilamti
“and I will repay”
- Transliteration
- ve-shi-lam-TI
- Extended
- veh-shih-lahm-TTEE
- IPA
- /vəʃil.lamˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will repay
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-shi-lam-TI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-shi-lam-TI ri-sho-NA
- clause
ve-shi-lam-TI ri-sho-NA mish-NE a-vo-NAM ve-kha-ta-TAM AL khal-le-LAM et-AR-tsi
- sentence
ve-shi-lam-TI ri-sho-NA mish-NE a-vo-NAM ve-kha-ta-TAM AL khal-le-LAM et-AR-tsi be-niv-LAT shi-ku-tse-HEM ve-to-a-vo-te-HEM mal-E-U et-na-kha-la-TI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive veshillamti {וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֣י | wə-šil-lam-tî} ‘and I will repay’, signaling a prophetic pronouncement of judgment.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–lamed–mem
“to repay, fulfill”
In context — Jeremiah 16:18
But first, I will repay double for their iniquity and their sin because of their profaning my land. With the carcasses of their detestable things and their abominations, they have filled my inheritance.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 16:18, so the Hebrew word וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֣י (veshilamti) 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.16.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.18.W1.S1) and character.