Jeremiah 21:10:13Jer.21.10.W13TAB
וּשְׂרָפָ֖הּ
userafa
“and he shall burn it”
- Transliteration
- u-se-ra-FA
- Extended
- oo-seh-raa-FAH
- IPA
- /uːsəraːˈfaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he shall burn it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-se-ra-FA
- clause
be-YAD-ME-lekh ba-VEL tin-na-TEN u-se-ra-FA ba-ESH
- sentence
KI SAM-ti PA-nai ba-IR ha-ZOT le-ra-A ve-LO le-to-VA ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH be-YAD-ME-lekh ba-VEL tin-na-TEN u-se-ra-FA ba-ESH
Exegesis
The clause be-yad-melekh Bavel tinaten {בְּיַד־מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל תִּנָּתֵן | bə-yad mêleḵ Bāvel tin-nā-ṯēn} uses the Nifal imperfect to express inevitability of the city’s surrender, and u-serafah ba’esh {וּשְׂרָפָהּ בָּאֵשׁ | u-śə-rā-p̄āh bāʾēš} ‘and it will be burned with fire’ employs a Qal perfect to portray definitive destruction. The parallel verb forms and contrasts underscore YHWH’s sovereign judgment.
In context — Jeremiah 21:10
For I have set My face against this city for harm and not for good, declares the LORD ; it will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and it will be consumed by fire.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 21:10:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Jeremiah 21:10, so the Hebrew word וּשְׂרָפָ֖הּ (userafa) 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.21.10.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.10.W13.S1) and character.