Jeremiah 13:21:15Jer.13.21.W15TAB
לֵדָֽה׃
leda
“giving birth or labor”
- Transliteration
- le-DA
- Extended
- leh-DAA
- IPA
- /leːˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- giving birth or labor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-DA
- phraseyour reading level
E-shet le-DA
- 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 simile kemo eshet ledah {כְּמוֹ אֵשֶׁת לֵדָה | kə-mō ʾē-šeṯ lē-ḏāh} ‘like a woman in labor’ completes the image. The chiastic pairing of divine visitation and the birth-pang metaphor underscores the inevitability and intensity of judgment.
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 13:21:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Jeremiah 13:21, so the Hebrew word לֵדָֽה׃ (leda) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.21.W15.S1) and character.