Jeremiah 17:6:3Jer.17.6.W3TAB
בָּֽעֲרָבָ֔ה
baarava
“in the desert plain”
- Transliteration
- ba-a-ra-VA
- Extended
- baa-ah-rah-VAA
- IPA
- /baː.ʕăraːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the desert plain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ba-a-ra-VA
- 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–bet
“steppe, plain, 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 17:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 17:6, so the Hebrew word בָּֽעֲרָבָ֔ה (baarava) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.6.W3.S1) and character.