Jeremiah 16:20:1Jer.16.20.W1TAB
הֲיַעֲשֶׂה־לּ֥וֹ
hayaaselo
“Will he make for himself”
- Transliteration
- ha-ya-a-SE-lo
- Extended
- hah-yah-ah-SEH-loh
- IPA
- /ha.ja.ʕaˈseː.loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Will he make for himself
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ya-a-SE-lo
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ya-a-SE-lo a-DAM
- clause
ha-ya-a-SE-lo a-DAM e-lo-HIM
- sentence
ha-ya-a-SE-lo a-DAM e-lo-HIM ve-HE-ma LO e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
This verse opens with the interrogative prefix ha- {הֲ | ha-} attached to the Qal imperfect verb yaʿăśeh {יַעֲשֶׂה | ya-ʿa-seh} ‘shall make’, forming a rhetorical question.
The pronominal suffix lō {לּ֥וֹ | lō} ‘for himself’ indicates the beneficiary.
Root and etymology
ʿ-ś-hʿ-ś-h
“to do, make”
In context — Jeremiah 16:20
Shall a man make gods for himself, and they are not gods?
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 16:20, so the Hebrew word הֲיַעֲשֶׂה־לּ֥וֹ (hayaaselo) 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.16.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.20.W1.S1) and character.