Jeremiah 22:15:5Jer.22.15.W5TAB
בָאָ֑רֶז
vaarez
“in cedar”
- Transliteration
- va-A-rez
- Extended
- vaa-AH-rehz
- IPA
- /vɔːˈʔaː.rɛz/
Meaning by language
- English
- in cedar
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Zayin | z as in zero |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-A-rez
- phraseyour reading level
me-ta-kha-RE va-A-rez
- clause
ha-tim-LOKH KI a-TA me-ta-kha-RE va-A-rez
- sentence
ha-tim-LOKH KI a-TA me-ta-kha-RE va-A-rez a-VI-kha ha-LO a-KHAL ve-sha-TA ve-a-SA mish-paT u-tse-da-KA AZ TOV LO
Exegesis
The causal clause kī ʾattāh mĕtaḥăreh bāʾārez {כִּי אַתָּה מְתַחֲרֶה בָאָ֑רֶז | kî ʾat-tāh mə-ta-ḥă-reh bā-ʾā-rez} ‘because you are striving in cedar’ employs the Hithpael participle mĕtaḥăreh {מְתַחֲרֶה | mə-ta-ḥă-reh} ‘striving’ to imply self-exalting ambition, with bāʾārez {בָאָ֑רֶז | bā-ʾā-rez} symbolizing luxury cedar wood.
Root and etymology
“cedar”
In context — Jeremiah 22:15
Will you reign because you are striving in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink and do justice and righteousness ? Then it was well for him.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 22:15, so the Hebrew word בָאָ֑רֶז (vaarez) 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.22.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.15.W5.S1) and character.