Jeremiah 18:13:14Jer.18.13.W14TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /jis.raːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- clause
sha-a-ru-RIT a-se-TA me-OD be-tu-LAT yis-ra-EL
- sentence
la-KHEN KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH sha-a-LU-na ba-go-YIM MI sha-MA ka-E-le sha-a-ru-RIT a-se-TA me-OD be-tu-LAT yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The final clause places še·ʿa·rû·rit {שַֽׁעֲרֻרִת | še·ʿa·rû·rit} ‘a horrible thing’ as the subject of the perfect verb ʿā·śə·tāh {עָשְׂתָה | ʿā·śə·tāh} ‘has done’, modified by the intensifier mə·ʼō·d {מְאֹד | mə·ʼō·d} ‘very’, and linked with the construct phrase bə·tû·lāt yiś·rā·ʾēl {בְּתוּלַת יִשְׂרָאֵל | bə·tû·lāt yiś·rā·ʾēl} ‘virgin of Israel’, personifying the nation as a pure one fallen into shocking offense. The progression from causal marker through divine utterance, summons, rhetorical question, to climactic indictment heightens the sense of judgment and astonishment.
In context — Jeremiah 18:13
Therefore, thus says the LORD : “Ask among the nations, ‘Who has ever heard anything like this?’ The virgin of Israel has done a horrible thing , exceedingly so.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:13:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Jeremiah 18:13, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yisrael) 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.18.13.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.13.W14.S1) and character.