Jeremiah 20:14:5Jer.20.14.W5TAB

בּ֑וֹ

bo

in it

Transliteration
BO
Extended
BOH
IPA
/ˈboː/

Meaning by language

English
in it

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    BO

  2. clause

    a-RUR ha-YOM a-SHER yu-LAD-ti BO

  3. 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 relative clause asher yulladti bo {אֲשֶׁר יֻלַּדְתִּי בּוֹ | ʾă-šer yu-llad-tī bō} ‘which I was born in it’ employs the Pual stem to express passive causation.

Root and etymology

g-b-rGimel–Bet–Resh

strong

In contextJeremiah 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 20:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 20:14, so the Hebrew word בּ֑וֹ (bo) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.14.W5.S1) and character.