Jeremiah 20:14:1Jer.20.14.W1TAB
אָר֣וּר
arur
“cursed”
- Transliteration
- a-RUR
- Extended
- ah-ROOR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈruːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- cursed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
a-RUR
- phraseyour reading level
a-RUR ha-YOM
- clause
a-RUR ha-YOM a-SHER yu-LAD-ti BO
- sentence
a-RUR ha-YOM a-SHER yu-LAD-ti BO YOM a-sher-ye-LA-dat-ni i-MI al-ye-HI ba-RUKH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the emphatic malediction arur {אָרוּר | ʾārūr} ‘cursed’, followed by the definite hayyom {הַיּוֹם | ha-y-yōm} ‘the day’ as subject.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-raleph–resh–resh
“to curse, banish”
In context — Jeremiah 20:14
Cursed be the day on which I was born; let not the day that my mother bore me be blessed.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 20:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 20:14, so the Hebrew word אָר֣וּר (arur) 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.20.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.14.W1.S1) and character.