Jeremiah 17:6:2Jer.17.6.W2TAB
כְּעַרְעָ֣ר
kearar
“like a juniper shrub”
- Transliteration
- ke-ar-AR
- Extended
- keh-ar-AAR
- IPA
- /kəʕarˈʕaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- like a juniper shrub
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ke-ar-AR
- phraseyour reading level
ke-ar-AR ba-a-ra-VA
- clause
ve-ha-YA ke-ar-AR ba-a-ra-VA ve-LO yir-E KI-ya-VO TOV
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ke-ar-AR ba-a-ra-VA ve-LO yir-E KI-ya-VO TOV ve-sha-KHAN kha-re-RIM ba-mid-BAR E-rets me-le-KHA ve-LO te-SHEV
Exegesis
The comparative phrase keʿarar {כְּעַרְעָר | kə-ʿar-ʿār} ‘like a shrub’ portrays frailty, followed by baʿaravah {בַּעֲרָבָה | ba-ʿă-rā-ḇāh} ‘in the desert’, intensifying barrenness.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–resh–ayin
“shrub, bush in desert”
In context — Jeremiah 17:6
And he will be like a shrub in the desert, and he will not see when good comes; and he will dwell in parched places in the wilderness, a land of salt that is not inhabited.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 17:6, so the Hebrew word כְּעַרְעָ֣ר (kearar) 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.17.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.6.W2.S1) and character.