Hosea 13:16:8Hos.13.16.W8TABWLC Hosea 14:1
עֹלְלֵיהֶ֖ם
olelehem
“their little ones”
- Transliteration
- o-le-LE-hem
- Extended
- oh-leh-LEE-hehm
- IPA
- /ʕol.leːˈheːhem/
Meaning by language
- English
- their little ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
o-le-LE-hem
- clause
ba-KHE-rev yip-PE-LU o-le-LE-hem ye-rut-TA-SHU ve-ha-ri-YO-tav ye-vuk-KA-U
- sentence
tish-A-SHAM shom-re-RON KI mar-te-HA be-ve-e-lo-HE-ha ba-KHE-rev yip-PE-LU o-le-LE-hem ye-rut-TA-SHU ve-ha-ri-YO-tav ye-vuk-KA-U
Exegesis
The objects ‘olal {עֹלְלֵיהֶם | ‘ol·lə·hem} ‘infants’ and haryotav {וְהָרִיּוֹתָיו | hā·rî·yō·ṯāw} ‘pregnant women’ bear pronominal suffixes to show collective possession. The coordinating vav links the parallel clauses, amplifying the sense of total destruction. The English rendering preserves the causal relationship and verb sequence while adapting word order for clarity.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-l
“to suckle, small child”
In context — Hosea 13:16
Samaria shall bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God ; by the sword they shall fall, their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women shall be ripped open.
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Hosea 13:16, so the Hebrew word עֹלְלֵיהֶ֖ם (olelehem) 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 Hos.13.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.16.W8.S1) and character.