Jeremiah 19:14:8Jer.19.14.W8TAB
לְהִנָּבֵ֑א
lehinnave
“to prophesy”
- Transliteration
- le-hin-na-VE
- Extended
- leh-hihn-nah-VEE
- IPA
- /ləhιν.naːˈveː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to prophesy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
le-hin-na-VE
- clause
va-ya-VO yir-me-YA-hu me-ha-TO-fet a-SHER she-la-KHO Ye-ho-VAH SHAM le-hin-na-VE
- sentence
va-ya-VO yir-me-YA-hu me-ha-TO-fet a-SHER she-la-KHO Ye-ho-VAH SHAM le-hin-na-VE va-ya-a-MOD ba-kha-TSAR BET-Ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER el-KAL-a-AM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mehattophet {מֵֽהַתֹּפֶת | mē-ha-ṭō-pheṯ} specifies origin, modified by the relative clause asher shelacho YHWH sham lehinave {אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ יְהוָה שָׁם לְהִנָּבֵא | ʾă-šer šə-lā-ḥō Yə-hō-wāh šām lə-hin-nā-ḇēʾ}, which provides the purpose: a divine commissioning to prophesy.
Root and etymology
Rootnba
“to prophesy”
In context — Jeremiah 19:14
And Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy ; and he stood in the court of the house of the LORD and said to all the people.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 19:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 19:14, so the Hebrew word לְהִנָּבֵ֑א (lehinnave) 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.19.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.14.W8.S1) and character.