Jeremiah 17:16:6Jer.17.16.W6TAB

אָנ֛וּשׁ

anush

sickness, incurable trouble

Transliteration
a-NUSH
Extended
aa-NOOSH
IPA
/ʔaːˈnuːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
sickness, incurable trouble

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אָ + נ֛וּשׁ
a + nush
anush

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-NUSH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-YOM a-NUSH

  3. clause

    va-a-NI lo-ATS-ti me-ro-E a-kha-re-KHA ve-YOM a-NUSH LO hit-a-ve-TI a-TA ya-DAT-ta

  4. sentence

    va-a-NI lo-ATS-ti me-ro-E a-kha-re-KHA ve-YOM a-NUSH LO hit-a-ve-TI a-TA ya-DAT-ta mo-TSA se-fa-TAI NO-khakh pa-NE-kha ha-YA

Exegesis

The adversative coordinate ve-yom anush {וְיוֹם אָנ֛וּשׁ | wə-yôm ʾānûš} ‘and a grievous day’ marks the theme of impending judgment.

Root and etymology

Rootaleph–nun–shin

to be afflicted

In contextJeremiah 17:16

But as for me, I did not hasten away from shepherding to follow You , and I did not desire the woeful day; You know it—whatever issued from my lips was before Your face .

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 17:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jeremiah 17:16, so the Hebrew word אָנ֛וּשׁ (anush) 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.17.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.16.W6.S1) and character.