Jeremiah 17:13:1Jer.17.13.W1TAB
מִקְוֵ֤ה
mikve
“hope”
- Transliteration
- mik-VE
- Extended
- mihk-VEEH
- IPA
- /miqˈveː/
Meaning by language
- English
- hope
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mik-VE
- phraseyour reading level
mik-VE yis-ra-EL
- clause
mik-VE yis-ra-EL ye-ho-VAH KAL-o-ze-VE-kha ye-VO-shu
- sentence
mik-VE yis-ra-EL ye-ho-VAH KAL-o-ze-VE-kha ye-VO-shu ye-su-re ve-su-RAI ba-A-rets yik-ka-TE-vu KI a-ze-VU me-KOR MA-yim-kha-YIM ET-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse begins with the construct noun mikveh {מִקְוֵ֤ה | miq-wê} ‘hope’ in apposition to Israel {יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | yiś-rā-ʾēl}.
Root and etymology
q-w-hqoph–waw–he
“gather, wait, hope”
In context — Jeremiah 17:13
Hope of Israel, the LORD ; all who forsake You will be put to shame, and those who turn away from Me will be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 17:13, so the Hebrew word מִקְוֵ֤ה (mikve) 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.17.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.13.W1.S1) and character.