Jeremiah 23:21:1Jer.23.21.W1TAB
לֹא־שָׁלַ֥חְתִּי
loshalakhte
“not I sent”
- Transliteration
- LO-sha-LAKH-te
- Extended
- LOH-shah-LAKH-tih
- IPA
- /loː-ʃaˈlaħ.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- not I sent
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| 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
LO-sha-LAKH-te
- phraseyour reading level
LO-sha-LAKH-te et-ha-ne-vi-IM
- clause
LO-sha-LAKH-te et-ha-ne-vi-IM ve-HEM RA-tsu
- sentence
LO-sha-LAKH-te et-ha-ne-vi-IM ve-HEM RA-tsu LO-dib-BAR-te a-le-HEM ve-HEM ni-ba-U
Exegesis
lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’ begins the verse with emphatic negation preceding shalakhti {שָׁלַחְתִּי | šā-lā-ḥtî} ‘I sent,’ while et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks the direct object hanneviim {הַנְּבִאִים | han-nə-vî-ʾîm} ‘the prophets.’
The pattern repeats with lo {לֹא | lōʾ} + dibarti {דִבַּרְתִּי | dib-bā-r-tî} ‘I spoke’ + aleihem {אֲלֵיהֶם | ʾă-lê-hēm} ‘to them’ + ve {וְ | wə-} hem nibau {נִבָּאוּ | nibbāʾû} ‘they prophesied,’ forming a chiastic parallelism that contrasts divine silence with unauthorized prophecy. The original VSO order creates emphasis, and the English SVO rendering maintains the parallel structure for clarity.
Root and etymology
Roots-l-h
“to send”
In context — Jeremiah 23:21
I did not send the prophets , yet they rushed out; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 23:21, so the Hebrew word לֹא־שָׁלַ֥חְתִּי (loshalakhte) 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.23.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.21.W1.S1) and character.