Jeremiah 17:18:3Jer.17.18.W3TAB
וְאַל־אֵבֹ֣שָׁה
vealevosha
“but let me not be put to shame”
- Transliteration
- ve-AL-e-VO-sha
- Extended
- veh-AL-ee-VOH-shah
- IPA
- /vəʔal.ʔeːvoːˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but let me not be put to shame
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-AL-e-VO-sha
- phraseyour reading level
ve-AL-e-VO-sha a-NI
- clause
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
- 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 pairs yevoshu {יֵבֹשׁוּ | yē-bō-šû} ‘let them be put to shame’ versus evoshah {אֵבֹשָׁה | ʾē-bō-šāh} ‘let me be put to shame,’ and yechattu {יֵחַתּוּ | yē-ḥat-tû} ‘let them be dismayed’ versus echettah {אֵחַתָּה | ʾe-ḥat-tāh} ‘let me be dismayed’ heighten the contrast.
Root and etymology
ʾ-baleph–bet
“father, ancestor”
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 17:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 17:18, so the Hebrew word וְאַל־אֵבֹ֣שָׁה (vealevosha) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.18.W3.S1) and character.