Jeremiah 22:30:8Jer.22.30.W8TAB
גֶּ֖בֶר
gever
“a man”
- Transliteration
- GE-ver
- Extended
- GEH-vehr
- IPA
- /ˈgɛvɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
GE-ver
- clause
KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH khit-VEV et-ha-ISH ha-ZE a-ri-RI GE-ver lo-yits-LAKH be-ya-MAV
- sentence
KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH khit-VEV et-ha-ISH ha-ZE a-ri-RI GE-ver lo-yits-LAKH be-ya-MAV KI LO yits-LAKH mi-zar-O ISH yo-SHEV al-khi-SE da-VID u-mo-SHEL OD bi-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The adjective ariri {עֲרִירִי | ʿărîrî} ‘childless’ is further specified by the participial clause gever lo-yitslach be-yamav {גֶּבֶר לֹא־יִצְלַח בְּיָמָיו | ge-ḇer lō-yiṣ-laḥ bə-yā-māw} ‘a man who will not succeed in his days’.
In context — Jeremiah 22:30
Thus says the LORD: Write down this man as childless, a man who will not succeed in his days; for none of his descendants will succeed in sitting on the throne of David or ruling any longer in Judah.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:30:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 22:30, so the Hebrew word גֶּ֖בֶר (gever) 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.22.30.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.30.W8.S1) and character.