Jeremiah 21:10:14Jer.21.10.W14TAB
בָּאֵֽשׁ׃
baesh
“with fire”
- Transliteration
- ba-ESH
- Extended
- baa-EESH
- IPA
- /baˈʔeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- with fire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-ESH
- 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.
Root and etymology
א־ש
“fire”
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 21:10:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Jeremiah 21:10, so the Hebrew word בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ (baesh) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.10.W14.S1) and character.