Jeremiah 19:10:1Jer.19.10.W1TAB
וְשָׁבַרְתָּ֖
veshavarta
“and you shall break”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-VAR-ta
- Extended
- veh-shah-VAR-tah
- IPA
- /wəʃaˈvartɑː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall break
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sha-VAR-ta
- clause
ve-sha-VAR-ta ha-bak-BUK
- sentence
ve-sha-VAR-ta ha-bak-BUK le-e-NE ha-a-na-SHIM ha-ho-le-KHIM o-TAKH
Exegesis
The command uses the vav-consecutive of the verb ve-shavarta {וְשָׁבַרְתָּ | wə-šā-ḇar-tā} ‘and you shall break’ to present a sequential prophetic sign.
Root and etymology
ש־ב־ר
“to break, shatter”
In context — Jeremiah 19:10
And you shall break the bottle before the eyes of the men who are going with you.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 19:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 19:10, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁבַרְתָּ֖ (veshavarta) 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.19.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.10.W1.S1) and character.