Jeremiah 18:17:5Jer.18.17.W5TAB
עֹ֧רֶף
oref
“back of neck or back”
- Transliteration
- O-ref
- Extended
- OH-rehf
- IPA
- /ʕoːˈrɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- back of neck or back
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
O-ref
- phraseyour reading level
O-ref ve-LO-fa-NIM
- clause
O-ref ve-LO-fa-NIM er-EM be-YOM E-dam
- sentence
ke-RU-akh-ka-DIM a-fi-TSAM lif-NE o-YEV O-ref ve-LO-fa-NIM er-EM be-YOM E-dam
Exegesis
The idiom oref velo panim {עֹרֶף וְלֹא־פָנִים | ʿō-rep̄ wə-lōʾ pā-nîm} ‘back and not face’ contrasts acceptance and rejection, underscoring divine dismissal.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–resh–pe
“neck, back”
In context — Jeremiah 18:17
Like an east wind I will scatter them before the enemy; in the day of their calamity I will show them My back and not My face.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 18:17, so the Hebrew word עֹ֧רֶף (oref) 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.18.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.17.W5.S1) and character.