Jeremiah 17:6:9Jer.17.6.W9TAB
חֲרֵרִים֙
kharerim
“in parched places”
- Transliteration
- kha-re-RIM
- Extended
- hah-ree-REEM
- IPA
- /ħăreːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in parched places
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kha-re-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sha-KHAN kha-re-RIM
- clause
ve-sha-KHAN kha-re-RIM ba-mid-BAR E-rets me-le-KHA ve-LO te-SHEV
- 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 second half begins with veshakhan {וְשָׁכַן | wə-šāḵān} ‘and he will dwell’ followed by a hendiadys in kharerim {חֲרֵרִים | ḥă-rērîm} ‘parched places’ and bammidbar {בַּמִּדְבָּר | ba-mmidbār} ‘in the wilderness’, layering desolation.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–resh–resh
“to scorch, be parched”
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 17:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 17:6, so the Hebrew word חֲרֵרִים֙ (kharerim) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.6.W9.S1) and character.