Jeremiah 13:16:18Jer.13.16.W18TAB
לַעֲרָפֶֽל׃
laarafel
“into gloom”
- Transliteration
- la-a-ra-FEL
- Extended
- lah-ah-rah-FEHL
- IPA
- /laʕăraːˈfɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- into gloom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-a-ra-FEL
- clause
ve-ki-vi-TEM le-OR ve-sa-MAH le-tsal-MA-vet ya-SHIT ve-SHIT la-a-ra-FEL
- sentence
te-NU la-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem ka-VOD be-TE-rem ya-kh-SHIKH u-ve-TE-rem yit-na-ge-FU rag-le-KHEM al-ha-RE NA-shef ve-ki-vi-TEM le-OR ve-sa-MAH le-tsal-MA-vet ya-SHIT ve-SHIT la-a-ra-FEL
Exegesis
The final commands yə-šît və-šît la-ʿă-ra-pel {יְשִׁית וְשִׁית לַעֲרָפֶל | yə-šît və-šît la-ʿă-ra-pel} “He sets and set to thick darkness” reinforce inescapable divine judgment.
Root and etymology
ʿ-r-p-layin–resh–pe–lamed
“thick darkness”
In context — Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the mountains of twilight ; while you hope for light, He makes it into the shadow of death and sets it into thick darkness.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 13:16:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Jeremiah 13:16, so the Hebrew word לַעֲרָפֶֽל׃ (laarafel) 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.13.16.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.16.W18.S1) and character.