Jeremiah 18:21:12Jer.18.21.W12TAB
יִֽהְי֖וּ
yihyu
“shall be”
- Transliteration
- yih-yu
- Extended
- yih-yoo
- IPA
- /jihˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yih-yu
- clause
la-KHEN TEN et-be-NE-hem la-ra-AV ve-hag-gi-REM al-ye-DE-khe-REV ve-tih-ye-NA ne-SHE-hem sha-kku-LOT ve-al-ma-NOT ve-an-she-HEM yih-yu ha-ru-GE MA-vet
- sentence
la-KHEN TEN et-be-NE-hem la-ra-AV ve-hag-gi-REM al-ye-DE-khe-REV ve-tih-ye-NA ne-SHE-hem sha-kku-LOT ve-al-ma-NOT ve-an-she-HEM yih-yu ha-ru-GE MA-vet ba-khu-re-HEM mu-kke-KHE-rev ba-mmil-kha-MA
Exegesis
A sequence of Qal imperfect forms vetihyenah {וְתִֽהְיֶנָה | wə-tih-yə-nāh} ‘let there be’ and yihiyu {יִהְיוּ | yi-hə-yū} ‘let them be’ governs nshehem shakulot ve-almanot {נְשֵׁיהֶם שַׁכֻּלוֹת וְאַלְמָנוֹת | nə-šê-hem šak-kū-lōt wə-ʾal-mā-nōt}, depicting bereaved wives and widows, and ve-anshehem harugei mavet {וְאַנְשֵׁיהֶם הֲרֻגֵי מָוֶת | wə-ʾan-šê-hem ha-rû-gê mā-vet}, depicting men meeting death.
In context — Jeremiah 18:21
Therefore, give their sons to the famine , and hand them over to the power of the sword; let their women be bereaved and become widows , and let their men be slain by death; let their young men be struck by the sword in battle.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:21:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Jeremiah 18:21, so the Hebrew word יִֽהְי֖וּ (yihyu) 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.18.21.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.21.W12.S1) and character.