Jeremiah 18:8:4Jer.18.8.W4TAB
מֵרָ֣עָת֔וֹ
meraato
“from its evil”
- Transliteration
- me-ra-a-TO
- Extended
- mee-rah-ah-TOH
- IPA
- /meːraːʕaˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from its evil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
me-ra-a-TO
- clause
ve-SHAV ha-GOY ha-HU me-ra-a-TO a-SHER di-bar-TI a-LAV
- sentence
ve-SHAV ha-GOY ha-HU me-ra-a-TO a-SHER di-bar-TI a-LAV ve-ni-kham-TI al-ha-ra-A a-SHER kha-shav-TI la-a-SOT LO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mē-rā-ʿā-ṯō {מֵרָעָת֔וֹ | mē-rā-ʿā-ṯō} ‘from its evil’ identifies the behavior to cease.
In context — Jeremiah 18:8
And if that nation turns from its evil , which I have spoken concerning it, then I will relent concerning the evil which I intended to do to it.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 18:8, so the Hebrew word מֵרָ֣עָת֔וֹ (meraato) 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.18.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.8.W4.S1) and character.