Jeremiah 13:1:10Jer.13.1.W10TAB
עַל־מָתְנֶ֑יךָ
almatenekha
“on your hips”
- Transliteration
- al-ma-te-NE-kha
- Extended
- ahl-maa-teh-NEH-khaa
- IPA
- /ʕal.maːθ.nɛˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- on your hips
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ma-te-NE-kha
- clause
ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI ha-LOKH ve-ka-NI-ta le-KHA e-ZOR pish-te-TIM ve-sam-TO al-ma-te-NE-kha
- sentence
ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI ha-LOKH ve-ka-NI-ta le-KHA e-ZOR pish-te-TIM ve-sam-TO al-ma-te-NE-kha u-va-ma-YIM LO te-vi-E-hu
Exegesis
Vesamto {וְשַׂמְתּוֹ | wə-śam-tō} ‘and put it’ governs al motneikha {עַל־מָתְנֶיךָ | ʿal mōṯ-nê-ḵā} ‘upon your loins’, forming a prepositional phrase.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–tav–nun
“loins”
In context — Jeremiah 13:1
Thus says the LORD to me: "Go and buy for yourself a linen belt and place it upon your loins , but do not bring it into water."
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 13:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 13:1, so the Hebrew word עַל־מָתְנֶ֑יךָ (almatenekha) 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.13.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.1.W10.S1) and character.