Jeremiah 21:5:10Jer.21.5.W10TAB
וּבְקֶ֥צֶף
uveketsef
“and in fury”
- Transliteration
- u-ve-KE-tsef
- Extended
- oo-veh-KEH-tsehf
- IPA
- /uːvəˈqɛ.tsɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and in fury
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ve-KE-tsef
- phraseyour reading level
u-ve-KE-tsef ga-DOL
- clause
u-ve-AF u-ve-khe-MA u-ve-KE-tsef ga-DOL
- sentence
ve-nil-kham-TI a-NI it-te-KHEM be-YAD ne-tu-YA u-viz-ro-A kha-za-KA u-ve-AF u-ve-khe-MA u-ve-KE-tsef ga-DOL
Exegesis
The climactic triplet u-veʾaf, u-vechemah, u-veketsef gadol {וּבְאַף וּבְחֵמָה וּבְקֶצֶף גָּדוֹל | û-ḇə-ʾaf û-ḇə-ḥē-māh û-ḇə-qe-ṣef gā-ḏōl} expresses escalating divine wrath through successive vav-conjunctions.
Root and etymology
ק־צ־ף
“wrath, rage”
In context — Jeremiah 21:5
I will myself wage war against you with an outstretched hand and a powerful arm, in anger and in fury and in great wrath .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 21:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 21:5, so the Hebrew word וּבְקֶ֥צֶף (uveketsef) 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.21.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.5.W10.S1) and character.