Jeremiah 16:4:5Jer.16.4.W5TAB
יִסָּֽפְדוּ֙
yissafedu
“they will be lamented”
- Transliteration
- yis-sa-fe-DU
- Extended
- yihs-saa-feh-DOO
- IPA
- /jis.saːfəˈduː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they will be lamented
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yis-sa-fe-DU
- phraseyour reading level
LO yis-sa-fe-DU
- clause
me-mo-TE ta-kha-lu-IM ya-mu-TU LO yis-sa-fe-DU ve-LO yik-ka-ve-RU le-DO-men al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA yih-ye-YU
- sentence
me-mo-TE ta-kha-lu-IM ya-mu-TU LO yis-sa-fe-DU ve-LO yik-ka-ve-RU le-DO-men al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA yih-ye-YU u-va-KHE-rev u-va-ra-AV yikh-LU ve-ha-ye-TA niv-la-TAM le-ma-a-KHAL le-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-le-ve-he-MAT ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The paired Nifal verbs lo yissafedu {לֹא יִסָּפְדוּ | lōʾ yis-sāp̄-ḏû} and ve-lo yikkaveru {וְלֹא יִקָּבֵרוּ | wə-lōʾ yik-kā-ḇê-rû} convey absence of mourning rites and burial, highlighting societal collapse.
Root and etymology
Roots-p-d
“to lament”
In context — Jeremiah 16:4
They will die from deadly sicknesses; they will not be mourned , and they will not be buried . They will be like dung on the open face of the ground. They will be finished off by the sword and by famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 16:4, so the Hebrew word יִסָּֽפְדוּ֙ (yissafedu) 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.16.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.4.W5.S1) and character.