Jeremiah 23:4:5Jer.23.4.W5TAB
וְלֹא־יִֽירְא֨וּ
veloyireu
“and they will not fear”
- Transliteration
- ve-lo-yi-re-U
- Extended
- veh-loh-yih-reh-UU
- IPA
- /vǝloːjiːrˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will not fear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lo-yi-re-U
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lo-yi-re-U OD ve-lo-ye-KHA-tu
- clause
ve-lo-yi-re-U OD ve-lo-ye-KHA-tu ve-LO yip-pa-ke-DU ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ha-ki-MO-ti a-le-HEM ro-I-im ve-ra-UM ve-lo-yi-re-U OD ve-lo-ye-KHA-tu ve-LO yip-pa-ke-DU ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The series of imperfect negatives velo-yireu {וְלֹא־יִֽירְא֨וּ | wə-lōʾ yîrʾû} ‘and they will not fear’, velo-yehattu {וְלֹא־יֵחַ֛תּוּ | wə-lōʾ yē-ḥat-tû} ‘and they will not be dismayed’, and velo-yippaqedu {וְלֹ֥א יִפָּקֵ֖דוּ | wə-lōʾ yip-pā-qê-ḏû} ‘and they will not be missing’ forms a climactic triad of assurances.
Root and etymology
RootYod–Resh–Aleph
“to fear, be afraid”
In context — Jeremiah 23:4
And I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will not fear any more, nor be dismayed, nor will any be missing—declares the LORD .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 23:4, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־יִֽירְא֨וּ (veloyireu) 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.23.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.4.W5.S1) and character.