Jeremiah 21:12:16Jer.21.12.W16TAB
וּבָעֲרָה֙
uvaara
“and it will burn”
- Transliteration
- u-va-a-RA
- Extended
- oo-vaa-ah-RAA
- IPA
- /uːvaːʕăˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it will burn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-va-a-RA
- 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 sequence uvaara veein mekhabbêh {וּבָעֲרָה וְאֵ֣ין מְכַבֶּ֔ה | û-ḇā-ʿă-rāh wə-ʾên mə-ḵab-bêh} underscores the unstoppable burning.
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 21:12:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Jeremiah 21:12, so the Hebrew word וּבָעֲרָה֙ (uvaara) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.12.W16.S1) and character.