Jeremiah 19:2:6Jer.19.2.W6TAB
שַׁ֣עַר
shaar
“gate of”
- Transliteration
- SHA-ar
- Extended
- SHAH-ahr
- IPA
- /ˈʃa.ʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- gate of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHA-ar
- phraseyour reading level
SHA-ar ha-kha-re-SOT ha-khar-SIT
- clause
ve-ya-TSA-ta el-GE ven-hi-NOM a-SHER PE-takh SHA-ar ha-kha-re-SOT ha-khar-SIT
- sentence
ve-ya-TSA-ta el-GE ven-hi-NOM a-SHER PE-takh SHA-ar ha-kha-re-SOT ha-khar-SIT ve-ka-RA-ta SHAM et-ha-de-va-RIM a-sher-a-dab-BER e-LE-kha
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֕ר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ links to petach shaar {פֶּתַח שַׁעַר | pe-ṯaḥ ša-ʿar} ‘entrance of the gate’, further qualified by ha-harsit {הַֽחַרְסִית | ha-ḥar-sit} ‘the Potsherd’.
In context — Jeremiah 19:2
And you shall go out to the Valley of Ben-Hinnom at the entrance of the Potsherd Gate , and you shall proclaim there the words that I will speak to you.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 19:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jeremiah 19:2, so the Hebrew word שַׁ֣עַר (shaar) 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.19.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.2.W6.S1) and character.