Jeremiah 17:4:1Jer.17.4.W1TAB
וְשָׁמַטְתָּ֗ה
veshamatta
“and you shall let go or release”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-MAT-ta
- Extended
- veh-shah-MAHT-tah
- IPA
- /vəʃaˈmat.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall let go or release
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sha-MAT-ta
- clause
ve-sha-MAT-ta u-ve-KHA min-na-kha-LAT-kha a-SHER na-TAT-ti LAKH ve-ha-a-vad-TI-kha et-OI-ve-kha ba-A-rets a-SHER lo-ya-DAT-ta
- sentence
ve-sha-MAT-ta u-ve-KHA min-na-kha-LAT-kha a-SHER na-TAT-ti LAKH ve-ha-a-vad-TI-kha et-OI-ve-kha ba-A-rets a-SHER lo-ya-DAT-ta ki-ESH ke-dakh-TEM be-a-PI ad-O-lam tu-KAD
Exegesis
The verse opens with a vav-consecutive perfect veshamatta {וְשָׁמַטְתָּ | wə-šā-maṭ-tā} ‘and you shall release’ followed by uvekha {וּבְךָ | û-ḇə-ḵā} ‘and in you’ as an intensifier.
In context — Jeremiah 17:4
And you shall let go of your inheritance which I gave you, and I will make you serve your enemies in a land you did not know because you kindled a fire in my anger , and it shall burn forever.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 17:4, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁמַטְתָּ֗ה (veshamatta) 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.17.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.4.W1.S1) and character.