Jeremiah 21:12:14Jer.21.12.W14TAB

כָאֵ֜שׁ

kaesh

like fire

Transliteration
ka-ESH
Extended
kaa-EESH
IPA
/kaːˈʔeːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
like fire

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
כָ + אֵ֜שׁ
ka + esh
kaesh

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    ka-ESH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    pen-TE-tse ka-ESH

  3. clause

    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

  4. 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 warning clause begins with pen tetze {פֶּן־תֵּצֵ֨א | pen tē-ṣēʾ} ‘lest it go out’ joined to kaesh {כָאֵ֜שׁ | ka-ʾēš} ‘like fire’ to depict sudden divine wrath in chamati {חֲמָתִ֗י | ḥă-mā-ṯî} ‘my wrath’.

Root and etymology

א־ש

fire

In contextJeremiah 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 21:12:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Jeremiah 21:12, so the Hebrew word כָאֵ֜שׁ (kaesh) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.12.W14.S1) and character.