Jeremiah 19:8:4Jer.19.8.W4TAB
לְשַׁמָּ֖ה
leshamma
“for a desolation”
- Transliteration
- le-sham-MA
- Extended
- leh-shahm-MAA
- IPA
- /ləʃamˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for a desolation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-sham-MA
- clause
ve-sam-TI et-ha-IR ha-ZOT le-sham-MA ve-lish-re-KA
- 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
Two purpose clauses, leshammah {לְשַׁמָּה | lə-šammāh} ‘for desolation’ and velishreqah {וְלִשְׁרֵקָה | wə-lišrēqāh} ‘and for a hissing’, depict the city’s fate as both abandoned and scorned.
Root and etymology
sh-m-mshin–mem–mem
“desolation”
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 19:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 19:8, so the Hebrew word לְשַׁמָּ֖ה (leshamma) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.8.W4.S1) and character.