Jeremiah 13:21:11Jer.13.21.W11TAB
חֲבָלִים֙
khavalim
“pangs or cords”
- Transliteration
- kha-va-LIM
- Extended
- khah-vah-LEEM
- IPA
- /ħăvaːˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- pangs or cords
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-va-LIM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-LO kha-va-LIM
- clause
ha-LO kha-va-LIM yo-khe-ZU-kh ke-MO E-shet le-DA
- sentence
ma-to-ME-ri ki-yif-KOD a-LA-yikh ve-AT lim-MAD o-TAM a-LA-yikh a-lu-FIM le-ROSH ha-LO kha-va-LIM yo-khe-ZU-kh ke-MO E-shet le-DA
Exegesis
The noun chavalim {חֲבָלִים | ḥa-ḇā-lîm} ‘birth pangs’ with the imperfect yohezuk {יֹאחֱז֔וּךְ | yō-ḥe-zu-ḵ} ‘they will seize you’ forms a vivid metaphor of involuntary distress.
Root and etymology
ח־ב־לChet–Bet–Lamed
“pain, anguish”
In context — Jeremiah 13:21
What will you say when He visits you after you have trained them as close allies to be head over you? Will not birth pangs seize you like a woman in labor?
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 13:21:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Jeremiah 13:21, so the Hebrew word חֲבָלִים֙ (khavalim) 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.13.21.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.21.W11.S1) and character.