Jeremiah 16:7:1Jer.16.7.W1TAB
וְלֹֽא־יִפְרְס֥וּ
veloyifresu
“and not they will break”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-YIF-re-SU
- Extended
- veh-LOH-yihf-reh-SOO
- IPA
- /vəlɔːˈjif.rəˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not they will break
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-YIF-re-SU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-YIF-re-SU la-HEM
- clause
ve-LO-YIF-re-SU la-HEM al-E-vel le-na-kha-MO al-MET
- sentence
ve-LO-YIF-re-SU la-HEM al-E-vel le-na-kha-MO al-MET ve-LO-yash-KU o-TAM KOS tan-khu-MIM al-a-VIV ve-al-I-mo
Exegesis
The verse employs parallel negations with the imperfect verbs yipresu {יִפְרְסוּ | yip-rə-sū} ‘they will break bread’ and yashku {יַשְׁק֤וּ | yaš-qū} ‘they will give to drink’, each introduced by the negative particle ve-lo {וְלֹֽא־ | wə-lō} to signal the cessation of traditional mourning rites.
Root and etymology
Rootp-r-s
“to spread, break”
In context — Jeremiah 16:7
No one will break bread for them in mourning to comfort him for the dead, and no one will give him the cup of consolations to drink for his father or his mother.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 16:7, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־יִפְרְס֥וּ (veloyifresu) 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.16.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.7.W1.S1) and character.