Jeremiah 19:5:10Jer.19.5.W10TAB
לֹֽא־צִוִּ֙יתִי֙
lotsiviti
“I did not command”
- Transliteration
- lo-tsi-vi-TI
- Extended
- loh-tsee-vee-TIH
- IPA
- /loː.tsiv.viːˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I did not command
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-tsi-vi-TI
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER lo-tsi-vi-TI
- clause
a-SHER lo-tsi-vi-TI ve-LO di-bar-TI ve-LO a-le-TA al-li-BI
- sentence
u-va-NU et-ba-MOT ha-ba-AL lis-ROF et-be-ne-HEM ba-ESH o-LOT la-ba-AL a-SHER lo-tsi-vi-TI ve-LO di-bar-TI ve-LO a-le-TA al-li-BI
Exegesis
The relative clause asher lo tziviti ve-lo dibarti ve-lo alta al-libi {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־צִוִּיתִי וְלֹא דִבַּרְתִּי וְלֹא עָלְתָה עַל־לִבִּי} features a threefold perfect negation that underscores absolute divine rejection, rendered formally with successive nor phrases and dynamically with emphatic negative repeats.
Root and etymology
Roottsade–vav–he
“to command, order”
In context — Jeremiah 19:5
And they built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, which I did not command , nor did I speak, nor did it enter my heart.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 19:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 19:5, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־צִוִּ֙יתִי֙ (lotsiviti) 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.19.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.5.W10.S1) and character.