Jeremiah 23:28:12Jer.23.28.W12TAB
מַה־לַתֶּ֥בֶן
malateven
“what to the straw”
- Transliteration
- ma-la-TE-ven
- Extended
- mah-lah-TEH-vehn
- IPA
- /maˈlat.tɛːvɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- what to the straw
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ma-la-TE-ven
- phraseyour reading level
ma-la-TE-ven et-ha-BAR
- clause
ma-la-TE-ven et-ha-BAR ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
han-na-VI a-SHER-it-TO kha-LOM ye-sa-PER kha-LOM va-a-SHER de-va-RI it-TO ye-da-BER de-va-RI e-MET ma-la-TE-ven et-ha-BAR ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The rhetorical question mah la-teven et ha-bar {מַה־לַתֶּבֶן אֶת־הַבָּר | māh-la-ṯe-ḇén ʾet-ha-ḇār} employs stark contrast of chaff and grain, and the clausula neum-YHWH {נְאֻם־יְהוָה | nə-ʼum-Yə-hō-wāh} ‘declares the LORD’ asserts sovereign authority.
Root and etymology
ת־ב־ןt-b-n
“chaff, straw”
In context — Jeremiah 23:28
The prophet who has a dream should tell the dream; but he who has my word should speak my word in truth. What has chaff to do with grain? says the LORD .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:28:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Jeremiah 23:28, so the Hebrew word מַה־לַתֶּ֥בֶן (malateven) 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.23.28.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.28.W12.S1) and character.