Jeremiah 17:9:4Jer.17.9.W4TAB
וְאָנֻ֣שׁ
veanush
“and sick or frail”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-NUSH
- Extended
- veh-aa-NUHS
- IPA
- /vɛʔaˈnuʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and sick or frail
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-NUSH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-NUSH HU
- clause
A-kov ha-LEV mi-KOL ve-a-NUSH HU
- sentence
A-kov ha-LEV mi-KOL ve-a-NUSH HU MI ye-da-E-nu
Exegesis
The vav conjunction on veanush {וְאָנֻשׁ | wə-ʾā-nūš} ‘and incurable’ adds a parallel attribute, intensifying the portrait by depicting the heart as beyond remedy.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-n-sh
“to be desperately sick, incurable”
In context — Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things and incurably sick; who can know it ?
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 17:9, so the Hebrew word וְאָנֻ֣שׁ (veanush) 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.17.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.9.W4.S1) and character.