Jeremiah 19:11:7Jer.19.11.W7TAB
אֶשְׁבֹּ֞ר
eshbeor
“I will break”
- Transliteration
- eSH-be-OR
- Extended
- ehSH-beh-OHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛʃˈboːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will break
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
eSH-be-OR
- phraseyour reading level
ka-KHA eSH-be-OR
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ka-KHA eSH-be-OR et-ha-AM ha-ZE ve-et-ha-IR ha-ZOT ka-a-SHER yiSH-bor et-ke-LI ha-yo-TSER a-SHER lo-yu-KHAL le-he-ra-FE OD
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ka-KHA eSH-be-OR et-ha-AM ha-ZE ve-et-ha-IR ha-ZOT ka-a-SHER yiSH-bor et-ke-LI ha-yo-TSER a-SHER lo-yu-KHAL le-he-ra-FE OD u-ve-TO-fet yik-be-RU me-EN ma-KOM lik-BOR
Exegesis
The simile ka-kha eshbor {כָּכָה אֶשְׁבֹּר | kā-kāh ʾeš-bōr} and ka-ʾă-šer yishbor {כַּאֲשֶׁר יִשְׁבֹּר | ka-ʾă-šer yiš-bōr} likens judgment to a potter’s craft, underscoring its irreversible nature.
Root and etymology
ש־ב־ר
“to break, shatter”
In context — Jeremiah 19:11
And you shall say to them, "Thus says the LORD of hosts : 'So will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel that cannot be repaired again, and in Topheth they will bury for lack of a place to bury.'"
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 19:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 19:11, so the Hebrew word אֶשְׁבֹּ֞ר (eshbeor) 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.19.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.11.W7.S1) and character.