Jeremiah 21:5:6Jer.21.5.W6TAB
וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ
uvizroa
“and with an arm”
- Transliteration
- u-viz-ro-A
- Extended
- oo-vihz-roh-AH
- IPA
- /uːviz.roˈʕa/
Meaning by language
- English
- and with an arm
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-viz-ro-A
- phraseyour reading level
u-viz-ro-A kha-za-KA
- clause
ve-nil-kham-TI a-NI it-te-KHEM be-YAD ne-tu-YA u-viz-ro-A kha-za-KA
- 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 sequential prepositional expressions be-yad netuyah {בְּיָד נְטוּיָה | bə-yāḏ nə-ṭû-yāh} ‘with an outstretched hand’ and u-bizroa hazakah {וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ חֲזָקָה | û-ḇiz-rō-aʿ ḥă-zā-qāh} ‘and with a strong arm’ employ martial imagery.
Root and etymology
ז־ר־ע
“arm, strength”
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 21:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jeremiah 21:5, so the Hebrew word וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ (uvizroa) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.5.W6.S1) and character.