Jeremiah 18:14:3Jer.18.14.W3TAB
שָׂדַ֖י
sadai
“of the field or open country”
- Transliteration
- sa-DAI
- Extended
- saa-DAI
- IPA
- /saːˈdaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the field or open country
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
sa-DAI
- clause
ha-ya-a-ZOV mits-TSUR sa-DAI SHE-leg le-va-NON
- sentence
ha-ya-a-ZOV mits-TSUR sa-DAI SHE-leg le-va-NON im-yin-NA-te-SHU MA-yim za-RIM ka-RIM no-ze-LIM
Exegesis
The construct chain mitsur saday {מִצּ֛וּר שָׂדַי | miṣ-ṣūr śā-ḏay} ‘rock of the field’ conveys permanence, while the sequence mayim zarim karim nozlim {מַ֛יִם זָרִ֥ים קָרִ֖ים נוֹזְלִֽים | ma-yim zārîm qārîm nōz-lîm} forms a chiastic parallel emphasizing ongoing motion. The Nifal imperfect expresses passive expectation, and the Qal participle nozlim highlights continuous action. The English renditions preserve both interrogation and parallelism to heighten rhetorical effect.
In context — Jeremiah 18:14
Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave the rock of the field, or are cold flowing waters from a foreign place ever forsaken?
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 18:14, so the Hebrew word שָׂדַ֖י (sadai) 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.18.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.14.W3.S1) and character.