Jeremiah 17:15:5Jer.17.15.W5TAB
דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה
devaryehova
“word of the LORD”
- Transliteration
- de-VAR-ye-ho-VA
- Extended
- deh-VAHR-yeh-hoh-VAA
- IPA
- /dəˈvar.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- word of the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
de-VAR-ye-ho-VA
- phraseyour reading level
a-YE de-VAR-ye-ho-VA
- clause
a-YE de-VAR-ye-ho-VA ya-VO NA
- sentence
hin-NE-he-MA o-me-RIM e-LAI a-YE de-VAR-ye-ho-VA ya-VO NA
Exegesis
An interrogative clause begins with ayeh {אַיֵּ֥ה | ʾay-yēh} ‘where’, leading into the construct noun devar {דְבַר־ | də-var} ‘word’ linked to the divine name YHWH {יְהוָ֖ה | Yə-hō-wāh}, forming the idiom ‘word of the LORD’.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“speech, word”
In context — Jeremiah 17:15
Behold, they are saying to me, “Where is the word of the LORD ? Let it come now !”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 17:15, so the Hebrew word דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה (devaryehova) 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.17.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.15.W5.S1) and character.