Jeremiah 22:13:4Jer.22.13.W4TAB
בְּֽלֹא־צֶ֔דֶק
belotsdek
“without righteousness”
- Transliteration
- be-LO-TSDEK
- Extended
- beh-LOH-tseh-DEHK
- IPA
- /bəloːˈtsɛ.dɛq/
Meaning by language
- English
- without righteousness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-LO-TSDEK
- clause
HOY bo-NE be-TO be-LO-TSDEK va-a-li-yo-TAV be-LO mish-PAT
- sentence
HOY bo-NE be-TO be-LO-TSDEK va-a-li-yo-TAV be-LO mish-PAT be-re-E-hu ya-a-VOD khin-NAM u-fo-a-LO LO yit-TEN-LO
Exegesis
It then introduces a condition with the participle boneh {בֹנֶה | bō-nĕ} ‘builder’ followed by the construct phrase beito belo-tsedeq {בֵיתוֹ בְּלֹא־צֶדֶק | bē-ṯô bǝ-lō-ṣe-ḏeq} (‘his house without righteousness’), which is mirrored by vaʿaliyotav belo-mishpat {וַעֲלִיּוֹתָיו בְּלֹא־מִשְׁפָּט | wa-ʿǎ-lî-yō-ṯāw bǝ-lō-miš-pāṭ} (‘his upper rooms without justice’).
Root and etymology
ṣ-d-q
“to be just or righteous”
In context — Jeremiah 22:13
Woe to the one who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his neighbor serve for nothing and does not give him his wages .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 22:13, so the Hebrew word בְּֽלֹא־צֶ֔דֶק (belotsdek) 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.22.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.13.W4.S1) and character.