Jeremiah 18:20:1Jer.18.20.W1TAB
הַיְשֻׁלַּ֤ם
hayeshulam
“will it be repaid”
- Transliteration
- ha-ye-shu-LAM
- Extended
- hah-yeh-shuh-LAM
- IPA
- /haj.jəʃulˈlam/
Meaning by language
- English
- will it be repaid
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ye-shu-LAM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ye-shu-LAM TA-khat-to-VA
- clause
ha-ye-shu-LAM TA-khat-to-VA ra-A KI-kha-RU shu-KHA le-naf-SHI
- sentence
ha-ye-shu-LAM TA-khat-to-VA ra-A KI-kha-RU shu-KHA le-naf-SHI ze-KHOR a-me-DI le-fa-NE-kha le-da-BER a-le-HEM to-VA le-ha-SHIV et-kha-MAT-kha me-HEM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the interrogative-prefixed verb ha-ye-shul-lam {הַיְשֻׁלַּ֤ם | ha-ye-šul-lam} forming a rhetorical question of recompense.
In context — Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before You to speak good concerning them, to turn away Your wrath from them.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 18:20, so the Hebrew word הַיְשֻׁלַּ֤ם (hayeshulam) 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.18.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.20.W1.S1) and character.