Jeremiah 22:5:7Jer.22.5.W7TAB
נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתִּי֙
nishbaeti
“I have sworn”
- Transliteration
- nish-ba-E-ti
- Extended
- nihsh-bah-EH-tih
- IPA
- /niʃ.baˈʕɛt.ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have sworn
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
nish-ba-E-ti
- phraseyour reading level
BI nish-ba-E-ti
- clause
BI nish-ba-E-ti ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH ki-le-khar-ba yih-ye ha-BA-yit ha-ZE
- sentence
ve-IM LO tish-me-U et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le BI nish-ba-E-ti ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH ki-le-khar-ba yih-ye ha-BA-yit ha-ZE
Exegesis
The oath formula bi nishba'ti {בִּ֤י נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתִּי֙ | bî niš-baʿ-tî} ‘by Me I have sworn’ places the prepositional phrase first, emphasizing that the oath is grounded in YHWH’s own being rather than any external guarantor.
Root and etymology
consonantsShin–Bet–Ayin
“to swear”
In context — Jeremiah 22:5
But if you do not listen to these words, I have sworn by Myself, declares the LORD , that this house will become a ruin .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 22:5, so the Hebrew word נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתִּי֙ (nishbaeti) 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.22.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.5.W7.S1) and character.