Jeremiah 49:21:6Jer.49.21.W6TAB

בְּיַם־ס֖וּף

beyamsuf

at the Sea of Reeds

Transliteration
be-YAM-SUF
Extended
beh-YAHM-SOOF
IPA
/bəˈjam.suːf/

Meaning by language

English
at the Sea of Reeds

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + יַם + ס֖וּף
be + yam + suf
beyamsuf

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end
Samekhs as in sit
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Pe Sofitfinal form of Pe — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-YAM-SUF

  2. clause

    tse-a-KA be-YAM-SUF nish-me-A ko-LA

  3. sentence

    mik-KOL nif-LAM ra-a-SHA ha-A-rets tse-a-KA be-YAM-SUF nish-me-A ko-LA

Exegesis

The nominal phrase tzeaqah {צְעָקָה | ṣə-ʿā-qāh} ‘a cry’ functions as a parallelistic response, and the locative phrase beyam-sup {בְּיַם־סוּף | bə-yam-sûp̄} ‘at the Sea of Reeds’ extends the scene to a distant boundary.

Root and etymology

y-myōd–mêm

sea

In contextJeremiah 49:21

From the sound of their fall , the earth quaked; a cry—at the Sea of Reeds , her voice was heard.

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 49:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jeremiah 49:21, so the Hebrew word בְּיַם־ס֖וּף (beyamsuf) 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.49.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.49.21.W6.S1) and character.