Jeremiah 18:13:5Jer.18.13.W5TAB
שַֽׁאֲלוּ־נָא֙
shaaluna
“please ask”
- Transliteration
- sha-a-LU-na
- Extended
- shah-ah-LOO-nah
- IPA
- /ʃa.ʔăˈluː.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- please ask
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-a-LU-na
- clause
la-KHEN KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH sha-a-LU-na ba-go-YIM MI sha-MA ka-E-le
- 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 summons šaʾal·lû-nāʾ {שַֽׁאֲלוּ־נָא | ša·ʾal·lû·nāʾ} ‘ask now’ directs the message outward, with gōyim {גּוֹיִם | gō·yim} ‘nations’ specifying the audience.
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 18:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 18:13, so the Hebrew word שַֽׁאֲלוּ־נָא֙ (shaaluna) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.13.W5.S1) and character.