Jeremiah 21:12:12Jer.21.12.W12TAB
עוֹשֵׁ֑ק
oshek
“the oppressor”
- Transliteration
- o-SHEK
- Extended
- oh-SHEEK
- IPA
- /ʕoːˈʃeːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- the oppressor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
o-SHEK
- phraseyour reading level
mi-YAD o-SHEK
- clause
BET da-VID KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH di-NU la-BO-ker mish-PAT ve-ha-TSI-lu ga-ZUL mi-YAD o-SHEK
- sentence
BET da-VID KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH di-NU la-BO-ker mish-PAT ve-ha-TSI-lu ga-ZUL mi-YAD o-SHEK pen-TE-tse ka-ESH kha-ma-TI u-va-a-RA ve-EN me-kha-BE mi-pe-NE RO-a ma-a-le-HEM ma-al-le-KHEM
Exegesis
The coordinated imperatives vehatzilu gazul {וְהַצִּ֥ילוּ גָּז֖וּל | wə-ha-ṣî-lû gā-zûl} ‘and deliver the robbed one’ with agent expression miyad oshek {מִיַּ֣ד עוֹשֵׁ֑ק | mî-yād ʿō-šêq} establish proactive rescue.
In context — Jeremiah 21:12
O house of David, thus says the LORD : Execute justice in the morning , and deliver the one who has been robbed from the hand of the oppressor, so that my wrath does not go out like fire and burn with none to quench it because of the evil of your deeds.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 21:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Jeremiah 21:12, so the Hebrew word עוֹשֵׁ֑ק (oshek) 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.21.12.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.12.W12.S1) and character.