Jeremiah 18:12:2Jer.18.12.W2TAB
נוֹאָ֑שׁ
noash
“it is hopeless”
- Transliteration
- no-ASH
- Extended
- noh-ASH
- IPA
- /noːˈʔaːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- it is hopeless
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
no-ASH
- clause
ve-o-me-RU no-ASH
- sentence
ve-o-me-RU no-ASH ki-a-kha-RE ma-khe-she-vo-TEI-nu ne-LEKH ve-ISH she-ri-RUT li-BO-ha-RA na-a-SE
Exegesis
It then presents the Niph‘al perfect no’ash {נוֹאָשׁ | nō’āš} ‘it is hopeless’ to express existential despair.
Root and etymology
yod–aleph–shinyod–aleph–shin
“to despair, give up hope”
In context — Jeremiah 18:12
But they said, "There is no hope; for we will follow our own plans , and each man will do the stubbornness of his evil heart."
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 18:12, so the Hebrew word נוֹאָ֑שׁ (noash) 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.18.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.12.W2.S1) and character.