Jeremiah 16:19:4Jer.16.19.W4TAB
וּמְנוּסִ֖י
umenusi
“and my refuge”
- Transliteration
- u-me-nu-SI
- Extended
- oo-meh-noo-SEE
- IPA
- /uːmənusˈsiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and my refuge
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
u-me-nu-SI
- clause
Ye-ho-VAH u-ZI u-ma-u-ZI u-me-nu-SI be-YOM tsa-RA
- 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
Uzzî {עֻזִּי | ʿuz-zî} ‘my strength’, umauzzi {וּמָעֻזִּ֛י | û-mā-ʿuz-zî} ‘my fortress’, and umenusi {וּמְנוּסִ֖י | û-mə-nû-sî} ‘my refuge’ form a parallel series, followed by the temporal clause beyom tsarah {בְּי֣וֹם צָרָ֑ה | bə-yōm ṣā-rāh} ‘in the day of trouble’.
Root and etymology
נ־ו־ס
“to flee, seek refuge”
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 16:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 16:19, so the Hebrew word וּמְנוּסִ֖י (umenusi) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.19.W4.S1) and character.