Jeremiah 17:18:15Jer.17.18.W15TAB
שָׁבְרֵֽם׃
shavrem
“break them”
- Transliteration
- shav-REM
- Extended
- shaav-REEM
- IPA
- /ʃavˈreːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- break them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shav-REM
- clause
ha-VI a-le-HEM YOM ra-A u-mish-NE shi-ba-RON shav-REM
- sentence
ye-VO-SHU ro-de-FAI ve-AL-e-VO-sha a-NI ye-KHA-TO HE-ma ve-AL-e-KHA-ta a-NI ha-VI a-le-HEM YOM ra-A u-mish-NE shi-ba-RON shav-REM
Exegesis
The final infinitive construct shavrem {שָׁבְרֵם | šā-ḇrə-m̄} ‘break them’ underscores total defeat.
In context — Jeremiah 17:18
Let my pursuers be put to shame, but let me not be put to shame . Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed . Bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:18:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Jeremiah 17:18, so the Hebrew word שָׁבְרֵֽם׃ (shavrem) 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.17.18.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.18.W15.S1) and character.