Jeremiah 22:3:4Jer.22.3.W4TAB
עֲשׂ֤וּ
asu
“do”
- Transliteration
- a-SU
- Extended
- ah-SOO
- IPA
- /ʕăˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- do
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-SU
- phraseyour reading level
a-SU mish-PA-t
- clause
KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH a-SU mish-PA-t u-tse-da-KA ve-ha-TSI-lu ga-ZUL mi-YAD a-SHOK
- sentence
KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH a-SU mish-PA-t u-tse-da-KA ve-ha-TSI-lu ga-ZUL mi-YAD a-SHOK ve-GER ya-TOM ve-al-ma-NA al-TO-nu al-ta-khMO-su ve-DAM na-KI al-tish-pe-KHU ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
A sequence of imperatives—asu {עֲשׂ֤וּ | ʿa-sû} “do,” ve-hatsilu {וְהַצִּ֥ילוּ | wə-haṣ-ṣî-lû} “deliver,” al + tonu {אַל־תֹּנוּ֙ | ʾal-tō-nû} “do not oppress,” al + taḥmosu {אַל־תַּחְמֹ֔סוּ | ʾal-taḥ-mō-sû} “do not do violence,” and tishpeḵu {תִּשְׁפְּכ֖וּ | tiš-pə-ḵû} “spill”—provides ethical directives.
In context — Jeremiah 22:3
Thus says the LORD : "Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the hand of the oppressor. Do not oppress or do violence to the sojourner, the orphan , or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place."
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 22:3, so the Hebrew word עֲשׂ֤וּ (asu) 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.22.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.3.W4.S1) and character.