Jeremiah 18:16:1Jer.18.16.W1TAB
לָשׂ֥וּם
lasum
“to make or to set”
- Transliteration
- la-SUM
- Extended
- laa-SOOM
- IPA
- /laːˈsuːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to make or to set
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-SUM
- phraseyour reading level
la-SUM ar-TSAM
- clause
la-SUM ar-TSAM le-sha-MA she-ru-KET she-ri-KOT o-LAM
- sentence
la-SUM ar-TSAM le-sha-MA she-ru-KET she-ri-KOT o-LAM KOL o-VER a-LE-ha yish-SOM ve-ya-NID be-ro-SHO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the infinitive lasum {לָשׂ֥וּם | lā-šūm} ‘to make’, signaling the outcome of judgment.
In context — Jeremiah 18:16
In this way their land will become a desolation and an object of perpetual hissing ; all who pass by will be appalled and will wag their heads.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 18:16, so the Hebrew word לָשׂ֥וּם (lasum) 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.18.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.16.W1.S1) and character.