Jeremiah 17:5:10Jer.17.5.W10TAB
בָּשָׂ֖ר
basar
“flesh”
- Transliteration
- ba-SAR
- Extended
- baa-SAAR
- IPA
- /vəsˈaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- flesh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-SAR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SAM ba-SAR
- clause
KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH a-RUR ha-GE-ver a-SHER yiv-TAKH ba-a-DAM ve-SAM ba-SAR ze-RO-o
- sentence
KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH a-RUR ha-GE-ver a-SHER yiv-TAKH ba-a-DAM ve-SAM ba-SAR ze-RO-o u-min-ye-ho-VAH ya-SUR li-BO
Exegesis
A relative clause with asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘who’ contains two parallel verb phrases: yivtach {יִבְטַח | yibṭaḥ} ‘trusts’ + ba-adam {בָּאָדָם | bā-ʾādam} ‘in man’; and ve-sam {וְשָׂם | wə-sām} ‘and makes’ + basar {בָּשָׂר | bāsār} ‘flesh’ + zeroa'o {זְרֹע֑וֹ | zrōʿô} ‘his arm’, an idiom for human strength.
Root and etymology
b-ś-r
“flesh, body”
In context — Jeremiah 17:5
Thus says the LORD : “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his arm , and whose heart turns away from the LORD.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 17:5, so the Hebrew word בָּשָׂ֖ר (basar) 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.17.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.5.W10.S1) and character.