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
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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
ka-ESH
- phraseyour reading level
pen-TE-tse ka-ESH
- 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
- 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 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 21:12:14 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.