Jeremiah 18:16:12Jer.18.16.W12TAB
בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃
berosho
“with his head”
- Transliteration
- be-ro-SHO
- Extended
- beh-roh-SHOO
- IPA
- /bəroːˈʃoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with his head
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
be-ro-SHO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ya-NID be-ro-SHO
- clause
KOL o-VER a-LE-ha yish-SOM ve-ya-NID be-ro-SHO
- 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 participle kol ōvêr {כֹּל עוֹבֵ֣ר | kōl ʿō-ḇêr} ‘everyone passing by’ introduces the witnesses, followed by the imperfects yishom {יִשֹּׁ֖ם | yiš-šōm} ‘be appalled’ and veyanid {וְיָנִ֥יד | wə-yā-nîḏ} ‘wag’, with berosho {בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ | bə-rō-šô} specifying the head as the locus of the gesture. This structure underscores the public and perpetual nature of the disgrace.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–aleph–shin
“head”
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 18:16:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Jeremiah 18:16, so the Hebrew word בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ (berosho) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.16.W12.S1) and character.