Jeremiah 16:19:11Jer.16.19.W11TAB
וְיֹאמְר֗וּ
veyomeru
“and they will say”
- Transliteration
- ve-yo-me-RU
- Extended
- veh-yoh-meh-ROO
- IPA
- /vəjoːmˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will say
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-yo-me-RU
- clause
E-le-kha go-YIM ya-VO-u me-af-SE-a-rets ve-yo-me-RU AKH-SHE-ker na-kha-LU a-vo-TEI-nu HE-vel ve-EN-BAM mo-IL
- sentence
Ye-ho-VAH u-ZI u-ma-u-ZI u-me-nu-SI be-YOM tsa-RA E-le-kha go-YIM ya-VO-u me-af-SE-a-rets ve-yo-me-RU AKH-SHE-ker na-kha-LU a-vo-TEI-nu HE-vel ve-EN-BAM mo-IL
Exegesis
The reported speech uses veyomru {וְיֹאמְר֗וּ | wə-yōm-rû} ‘and they will say’ with the emphatic adverb akh {אַךְ־ | ’aḵ} ‘surely’, followed by the paired nouns sheker {שֶׁקֶר | še-qer} ‘falsehood’ and hevel {הֶבל | he-ḇel} ‘vanity’, and concludes with the existential negation ve’ein bam {וְאֵֽין־בָּ֥ם | wə-’ên bām} ‘and there is not in them’ plus the noun mo’il {מוֹעִיל | mô-ʿîl} ‘profit’. The Hebrew parallelism of protective imagery and prophetic indictment shapes a solemn progression from trust in YHWH to judgment on ancestral inheritance.
Root and etymology
“to say, speak”
In context — Jeremiah 16:19
O LORD , my strength, my fortress, and my refuge in the day of trouble—to You the nations will come from the ends of the earth and will say, “Surely our fathers inherited falsehood, vanity, and there is no profit .”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:19:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Jeremiah 16:19, so the Hebrew word וְיֹאמְר֗וּ (veyomeru) 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.16.19.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.19.W11.S1) and character.