Jeremiah 20:9:3Jer.20.9.W3TAB
וְלֹֽא־אֲדַבֵּ֥ר
veloadaber
“and not will I speak”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-a-da-BER
- Extended
- veh-LOH-ah-dah-BEER
- IPA
- /wəloː.ʔăðabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not will I speak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-a-da-BER
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-a-da-BER OD
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ti LO-ez-ke-RE-nu ve-LO-a-da-BER OD bish-MO ve-ha-YA be-li-BI ke-ESH BO-e-RET a-TSUR be-ats-mo-TAI
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ti LO-ez-ke-RE-nu ve-LO-a-da-BER OD bish-MO ve-ha-YA be-li-BI ke-ESH BO-e-RET a-TSUR be-ats-mo-TAI ve-nil-E-ti kal-KEL ve-LO u-KHAL
Exegesis
The negative lo {לֹא־ | lō} with the imperfect ezkerenû {אֶזְכְּרֶנּוּ | ʾez-kər-e-nû} ‘I will mention him’ and wə-lō ’ădabber {וְלֹא־ אֲדַבֵּר | wə-lō ʾă-dabber} ‘and not I will speak’ emphasize his resolve to cease prophecy.
Finally, wə-nil’êti kalkēl wə-lō ’ūḵal {וְנִלְאֵ֥יתִי כַּלְכֵּל וְלֹ֥א אוּכָֽל | wə-nil-’ê-tî kal-kēl wə-lō ’ū-ḵal} ‘and I was weary of restraining it, and I could not’ conveys the breakdown of self-restraint.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“speak”
In context — Jeremiah 20:9
And I said, “I will not mention Him , nor speak any more in His name. But His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones , and I was weary with holding it in, and I could not endure.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 20:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 20:9, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־אֲדַבֵּ֥ר (veloadaber) 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.20.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.9.W3.S1) and character.