Jeremiah 23:14:11Jer.23.14.W11TAB
לְבִ֨לְתִּי־שָׁ֔בוּ
leviltishavu
“so as not to turn back”
- Transliteration
- le-vil-ti-SHA-vu
- Extended
- leh-vihl-TEE-SHAA-voo
- IPA
- /lə.vilˈtːiː.ʃaːˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- so as not to turn back
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-vil-ti-SHA-vu
- clause
u-vin-ve-e ye-ru-sha-LA-im ra-I-ti sha-a-ru-RA na-OF ve-ha-LO-kh ba-SHE-ker ve-khiz-ze-KU ye-DE me-re-IM le-vil-ti-SHA-vu ISH me-ra-a-TO
- sentence
u-vin-ve-e ye-ru-sha-LA-im ra-I-ti sha-a-ru-RA na-OF ve-ha-LO-kh ba-SHE-ker ve-khiz-ze-KU ye-DE me-re-IM le-vil-ti-SHA-vu ISH me-ra-a-TO ha-YU-li khu-LAM kis-DOM ve-yo-she-VE-ha ka-a-mo-RA
Exegesis
The result clause le-vilti šāḇu {לְבִ֨לְתִּי־שָׁ֔בוּ | lə-vil-tî šā-ḇû} ‘so that none returns’ highlights the absence of repentance.
Root and etymology
y-š-byod–shin–bet
“to dwell, reside”
In context — Jeremiah 23:14
And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a dreadful thing: they commit adultery and walk in deceit, and they bolster evildoers so that no one turns from his evil . All of them are to me like Sodom , and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:14:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Jeremiah 23:14, so the Hebrew word לְבִ֨לְתִּי־שָׁ֔בוּ (leviltishavu) 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.23.14.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.14.W11.S1) and character.