Jeremiah 20:18:2Jer.20.18.W2TAB

זֶּה֙

“this”

Transliteration: ZE
Extended: ZEH
IPA: /ˈzɛː/

Meaning by language

English: this

Alphabet Analysis

	Zayin	z as in zero
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

word
ZE
phraseyour reading level
LA-ma ZE
clause
LA-ma ZE me-RE-khem ya-TSA-ti lir-e-OT a-MAL ve-ya-GON
sentence
LA-ma ZE me-RE-khem ya-TSA-ti lir-e-OT a-MAL ve-ya-GON va-yikh-LU be-VO-shet ya-MAI

Exegesis

The verse opens with the interrogative adverb lama {לָ֤מָּה | lāmmāh} ‘why’ introducing a rhetorical lament, immediately followed by the demonstrative pronoun zeh {זֶּה֙ | zeh} ‘this,’ intensifying the complaint.

In context — Jeremiah 20:18

Why did I come forth from the womb to see labor and sorrow, and to have my days consumed in shame ?

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 20:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 20:18, so the Hebrew word זֶּה֙ (ze) 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.20.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.18.W2.S1) and character.

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