מְקוֹרוֹ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מְקוֹרוֹ֙

   me-ko-RO

   his spring or his source
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְיֵבֹ֤שׁ מְקוֹרוֹ֙

   ve-ye-VOSH me-ko-RO

   and he will dry up his spring or his source
3. clause🔊 יָבֹ֣וא קָדִ֗ים ר֨וּחַ יְהוָ֜ה מִמִּדְבָּ֣ר עֹלֶ֗ה וְיֵבֹ֤שׁ מְקוֹרוֹ֙ וְיֶחֱרַ֣ב מַעְיָנֹ֔ו ה֖וּא יִשְׁסֶ֣ה אוֹצַ֔ר כָּל־כְּלִ֖י חֶמְדָּ֥ה׃

   ya-VO ka-DIM RU-akh ye-ho-VAH mi-mid-BAR O-le ve-ye-VOSH me-ko-RO ve-ye-khe-RAV ma-e-NA-no HU yis-SE o-TSAR KAL-ke-LI khem-DA

   will come an east wind wind of the LORD from the wilderness going up or rising and he will dry up his spring or his source and it will be parched his fountain it it will plunder treasury every vessel or object of precious thing or desirable thing
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י ה֔וּא בֵ֥ן אַחִ֖ים יַפְרִ֑יא יָבֹ֣וא קָדִ֗ים ר֨וּחַ יְהוָ֜ה מִמִּדְבָּ֣ר עֹלֶ֗ה וְיֵבֹ֤שׁ מְקוֹרוֹ֙ וְיֶחֱרַ֣ב מַעְיָנֹ֔ו ה֖וּא יִשְׁסֶ֣ה אוֹצַ֔ר כָּל־כְּלִ֖י חֶמְדָּ֥ה׃

   KI HU VEN a-KHIM yaf-ri-I ya-VO ka-DIM RU-akh ye-ho-VAH mi-mid-BAR O-le ve-ye-VOSH me-ko-RO ve-ye-khe-RAV ma-e-NA-no HU yis-SE o-TSAR KAL-ke-LI khem-DA

   for or though he a son of brothers he will be fruitful will come an east wind wind of the LORD from the wilderness going up or rising and he will dry up his spring or his source and it will be parched his fountain it it will plunder treasury every vessel or object of precious thing or desirable thing

Exegesis

Sequential vav-prefixed Qal imperfects veyivash {וְיִבַשׁ | wə-yib·bāš} ‘and it will be dried up’ and veyekherav {וְיֶחֱרַב | wə-ye·ḥerāḇ} ‘and it will be destroyed’ apply to the pronominal constructs mekoro {מְקוֹרוֹ | mə·qôrô} and mayeno {מַעְיְנוֹ | maʿ·yê·nô}, portraying complete desiccation.

Root and etymology

m-q-r🔊 מ־ק־רmem–qof–resh

“source; spring”

• 🔊 מְקוֹר מַיִםmə·qôr ma·yimfountain of waterJeremiah 2:13