2 Kings 19:25:52 Kgs.19.25.W5TAB
לְמִ֥ימֵי
lemime
“for the days of”
- Transliteration
- le-mi-ME
- Extended
- leh-mih-MEE
- IPA
- /ləmiˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the days of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
le-mi-ME
- phraseyour reading level
le-mi-ME KE-dem
- clause
ha-LO-SHA-MA-ta le-me-ra-KHOK o-TAH a-SI-ti le-mi-ME KE-dem vi-TSAR-ti-HA
- sentence
ha-LO-SHA-MA-ta le-me-ra-KHOK o-TAH a-SI-ti le-mi-ME KE-dem vi-TSAR-ti-HA a-TA ha-ve-E-ti-HA u-te-HI la-he-SHOT ga-LIM ni-TSIM a-RIM be-tsu-ROT
Exegesis
The temporal frames lemerāḥoq {לְמֵרָחוֹק | lə·mê·rā·ḥōq} ‘from afar’ and lemimei qedem {לְמִימֵי קֶדֶם | lə·mim·mê·y qé·dēm} ‘from days of old’ establish enduring divine intent.
In context — 2 Kings 19:25
Have you not heard that from days of old I made it? In ancient times I formed it. Now I have brought it to pass that it has come to devastate cities into mounds of ruins.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 19:25, so the Hebrew word לְמִ֥ימֵי (lemime) 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 2 Kgs.19.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.25.W5.S1) and character.