Jeremiah 19:8:10Jer.19.8.W10TAB
וְיִשְׁרֹ֖ק
veyishrok
“and will hiss or whistle”
- Transliteration
- ve-yish-ROK
- Extended
- veh-yihsh-ROHK
- IPA
- /wəjiʃˈroːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- and will hiss or whistle
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
ve-yish-ROK
- phraseyour reading level
yish-SOM ve-yish-ROK
- clause
KOL o-VER a-LE-ha yish-SOM ve-yish-ROK al-KAL-ma-KO-te-ha
- sentence
ve-sam-TI et-ha-IR ha-ZOT le-sham-MA ve-lish-re-KA KOL o-VER a-LE-ha yish-SOM ve-yish-ROK al-KAL-ma-KO-te-ha
Exegesis
Sequential imperfect verbs yishshom {יִשֹּׁם | yiššōm} ‘will be appalled’ and veyishroq {וְיִשְׁרֹק | wə-yišrōq} ‘and will hiss’ describe the witnesses’ horror and contempt.
In context — Jeremiah 19:8
And I will make this city a desolation and a hissing ; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will hiss at all its wounds.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 19:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 19:8, so the Hebrew word וְיִשְׁרֹ֖ק (veyishrok) 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.19.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.8.W10.S1) and character.