Jeremiah 22:17:11Jer.22.17.W11TAB
וְעַל־הַמְּרוּצָ֖ה
vealhammerutsa
“and on the crushing”
- Transliteration
- ve-al-ham-me-RU-tsa
- Extended
- veh-ahl-hahm-meh-ROO-tsaa
- IPA
- /vəʕal.hamːəruːˈtsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and on the crushing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-al-ham-me-RU-tsa
- phraseyour reading level
ve-al-ha-O-shekh ve-al-ham-me-RU-tsa
- clause
ve-AL dam-ha-na-KI lish-POKH ve-al-ha-O-shekh ve-al-ham-me-RU-tsa la-a-SOT
- sentence
KI EN e-NE-kha ve-LIB-be-kha KI im-al-BIT-se-e-kha ve-AL dam-ha-na-KI lish-POKH ve-al-ha-O-shekh ve-al-ham-me-RU-tsa la-a-SOT
Exegesis
A sequence of prepositional phrases introduced by wə-ʿal {וְעַל | wə-ʿal} enumerates each object of misplaced focus: biṣ-ʿe-khā {בִּצְעֶךָ | biṣ-ʿe-khā} ‘your gain,’ dām han-nā-qî {דַּם־הַנָּקִי | dam han-nā-qî} ‘innocent blood,’ hā-ʿō-šeq {הָעֹשֶׁק | hā-ʿō-šeq} ‘oppression,’ and ham-mə-rû-ṣāh {הַמְּרוּצָה | ham-mə-rû-ṣāh} ‘violence.’
Root and etymology
RootResh–Vav–Tsade
“to run, rush, crush”
In context — Jeremiah 22:17
For your eyes and your heart are fixed only on selfish gain and on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and on violence.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Jeremiah 22:17, so the Hebrew word וְעַל־הַמְּרוּצָ֖ה (vealhammerutsa) 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.22.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.17.W11.S1) and character.