Jeremiah 18:15:3Jer.18.15.W3TAB
לַשָּׁ֣וְא
lashav
“to what is worthless or false”
- Transliteration
- la-SHAV
- Extended
- lah-SHAAV
- IPA
- /laʃˈʃaːwʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to what is worthless or false
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-SHAV
- phraseyour reading level
la-SHAV ye-kat-TE-ru
- clause
ki-she-KHE-khu-ni a-MI la-SHAV ye-kat-TE-ru
- sentence
ki-she-KHE-khu-ni a-MI la-SHAV ye-kat-TE-ru va-yakh-shi-LUM be-dar-KHE-hem she-vi-LE o-LAM la-LE-khet ne-ti-VOT DE-rekh LO se-lu-LA
Exegesis
The phrase la-shav {לַשָּׁוְא | la-šā-v} frames the misdirected ritual into emptiness. The sequence yeqaṭṭēru …
Root and etymology
Rootshin–vav–aleph
“emptiness, futility”
In context — Jeremiah 18:15
Because My people have forgotten Me , they burn incense to emptiness and have caused them to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths—to walk in byways on a road not built up.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 18:15, so the Hebrew word לַשָּׁ֣וְא (lashav) 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.18.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.15.W3.S1) and character.