Jonah 1:4:10Jonah.1.4.W10TAB
לְהִשָּׁבֵֽר׃
lehishshaver
“to be broken apart”
- Transliteration
- le-hish-SHA-VER
- Extended
- leh-hihsh-SHAH-VEER
- IPA
- /ləhiʃ.ʃaːˈveːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be broken apart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
le-hish-SHA-VER
- clause
ve-ha-o-ni-YA khish-SHE-va le-hish-SHA-VER
- sentence
va-Ye-ho-VAH he-TIL ru-AKH-ge-do-LA el-ha-YAM va-ye-HI sa-AR-ga-DOL ba-YAM ve-ha-o-ni-YA khish-SHE-va le-hish-SHA-VER
Exegesis
The final clause, vehaoniah {וְהָ֣אֳנִיָּה֔ | wə-hāʾŏniyyâ} ‘and the ship’, makes the ship the grammatical subject of chishvah {חִשְּׁבָה | ḥiššəḇâ} ‘thought/estimated’, a personification that communicates perceived imminence; the infinitive lehishaber {לְהִשָּׁבֵֽר | ləhiššāḇēr} ‘to be broken’ expresses the feared outcome. English renderings preserve the stepwise progression (divine action → storm’s emergence → impending danger) while expressing the Hebrew personification idiom as an imminent near-breaking.
In context — Jonah 1:4
But the LORD hurled a great wind toward the sea, and a great storm came to be in the sea, so that the ship seemed about to break.
About this coordinate
Jonah 1:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jonah 1:4, so the Hebrew word לְהִשָּׁבֵֽר׃ (lehishshaver) 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 Jonah.1.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jonah.1.4.W10.S1) and character.