Jeremiah 13:14:11Jer.13.14.W11TAB
אֲרַחֵ֖ם
arakhem
“I will have compassion”
- Transliteration
- a-ra-KHEM
- Extended
- ah-rah-KHEEM
- IPA
- /ʔăraˈħeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will have compassion
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-ra-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO a-ra-KHEM
- clause
lo-e-kh-MOL ve-lo-a-KHUS ve-LO a-ra-KHEM me-ha-she-khi-TAM
- sentence
ve-nip-TSAT-tim ISH el-a-KHI-av ve-ha-a-VOT ve-ha-ba-NIM yakh-DAV ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH lo-e-kh-MOL ve-lo-a-KHUS ve-LO a-ra-KHEM me-ha-she-khi-TAM
Exegesis
A series of negatives lo-echmol {לֹֽא־אֶחְמוֹל | lō-ʾeḥ-mōl}, ve-lo-achus {וְלֹֽא־אָח֛וּס | wə-lō-ʾā-ḥûs}, and ve-lo {וְלֹ֥א | wə-lō} preceding arachem {אֲרַחֵ֖ם | ʾă-ra-ḥêm} ‘I will have mercy’ build cumulative denial.
Root and etymology
r-ḥ-mresh–chet–mem
“to have mercy”
In context — Jeremiah 13:14
And I will shatter them, a man against his brother, and the fathers and the sons together, declares the LORD . I will not have compassion , nor will I spare, nor will I have mercy; I will destroy them.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 13:14:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Jeremiah 13:14, so the Hebrew word אֲרַחֵ֖ם (arakhem) 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.13.14.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.14.W11.S1) and character.