Jeremiah 23:3:12Jer.23.3.W12TAB
עַל־נְוֵהֶ֖ן
alnevehen
“to their pasture”
- Transliteration
- al-ne-VE-HEN
- Extended
- ahl-neh-VEE-HEN
- IPA
- /ʕal.nəveːˈhɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to their pasture
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ne-VE-HEN
- clause
va-ha-shi-VO-ti et-HEN al-ne-VE-HEN u-fa-RU ve-ra-VU
- sentence
va-a-NI a-kab-BETS et-she-E-rit tso-NI mik-KOL ha-a-ra-TSOT a-sher-hid-DAKH-ti o-TAM SHAM va-ha-shi-VO-ti et-HEN al-ne-VE-HEN u-fa-RU ve-ra-VU
Exegesis
The restoration is marked by va-hašivōtî {וַהֲשִׁיבֹתִי | wa-ha-ši-ḇō-ṯî} ‘and I will bring back’ and the prepositional ʿal-newehen {עַל־נְוֵהֶן | ʿal-nə-wê-hen} ‘upon their pasture,’ reversing the prior dispersion.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–vav–he
“pasture”
In context — Jeremiah 23:3
And I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all the lands where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture , and they will be fruitful and multiply.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Jeremiah 23:3, so the Hebrew word עַל־נְוֵהֶ֖ן (alnevehen) 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.23.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.3.W12.S1) and character.