Jeremiah 22:20:10Jer.22.20.W10TAB
נִשְׁבְּר֖וּ
nishberu
“they were broken”
- Transliteration
- nish-be-RU
- Extended
- nihsh-beh-ROO
- IPA
- /niʃ.bəˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they were broken
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
nish-be-RU
- phraseyour reading level
KI nish-be-RU
- clause
ve-tsa-a-KI me-a-va-RIM KI nish-be-RU KAL-me-a-ha-VAI-ye-kh
- sentence
a-LI hal-le-va-NON u-tse-a-KI u-vab-ba-SHAN te-NI ko-LEKH ve-tsa-a-KI me-a-va-RIM KI nish-be-RU KAL-me-a-ha-VAI-ye-kh
Exegesis
The causal conjunction ki {כִּ֥י | kî} introduces the Niphal perfect nishberu {נִשְׁבְּר֖וּ | niš-bə-rū} “they were broken”, followed by the construct kol meahavaikh {כָּל־מְאַהֲבָֽיִךְ | kol mə-ʾa-ha-ḇā-yiḵ} “all your lovers”, highlighting total destruction as the reason for the lament. English renderings preserve the imperative force and reflect ki as “for” in the formal and “because” in the dynamic.
Root and etymology
ש־ב־ר
“to break, shatter”
In context — Jeremiah 22:20
Go up to Lebanon and cry out ; in Bashan lift up your voice; and cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been destroyed .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 22:20, so the Hebrew word נִשְׁבְּר֖וּ (nishberu) 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.22.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.20.W10.S1) and character.