Jeremiah 21:5:9Jer.21.5.W9TAB
וּבְחֵמָ֖ה
uvekhema
“and in wrath”
- Transliteration
- u-ve-khe-MA
- Extended
- oo-veh-kheh-MAA
- IPA
- /uːvəħeːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and in wrath
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-ve-khe-MA
- phraseyour reading level
u-ve-AF u-ve-khe-MA
- 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
ח־מ־ה
“heat, 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 21:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 21:5, so the Hebrew word וּבְחֵמָ֖ה (uvekhema) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.5.W9.S1) and character.