Jeremiah 19:9:8Jer.19.9.W8TAB
בְּשַׂר־רֵעֵ֖הוּ
besarreehu
“the flesh of his neighbor”
- Transliteration
- be-sar-re-e-HU
- Extended
- beh-sahr-reh-ee-HOO
- IPA
- /bəʃar.reːʕeːˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the flesh of his neighbor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-sar-re-e-HU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ISH be-sar-re-e-HU
- clause
ve-ha-a-khal-TIM et-be-SAR be-ne-HEM ve-ET be-SAR be-no-te-HEM ve-ISH be-sar-re-e-HU yo-khe-LU
- sentence
ve-ha-a-khal-TIM et-be-SAR be-ne-HEM ve-ET be-SAR be-no-te-HEM ve-ISH be-sar-re-e-HU yo-khe-LU be-ma-TSOR u-ve-ma-TSOK a-SHER ya-TSI-ku la-HEM o-ye-ve-HEM u-me-vak-she naf-SHAM
Exegesis
The phrase veish {וְאִישׁ | wə-ʾîš} ‘and each man’, with the compound noun besar-re’ehu {בְּשַׂר־רֵעֵהוּ | bə-śar–rê-‘e-hu} ‘flesh of his friend’ and the verb yokhelu {יֹאכֵלוּ | yō-ḵê-lû} ‘they will eat’, extends the atrocity to personal relations.
Root and etymology
b-ś-rbet–shin–resh
“flesh, body”
In context — Jeremiah 19:9
And I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and each man will eat the flesh of his friend in the siege and in the distress , which their enemies and those seeking their life will inflict upon them.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 19:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 19:9, so the Hebrew word בְּשַׂר־רֵעֵ֖הוּ (besarreehu) 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.19.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.9.W8.S1) and character.