Jeremiah 13:21:6Jer.13.21.W6TAB
אֹתָ֥ם
otam
“them”
- Transliteration
- o-TAM
- Extended
- oh-TAAM
- IPA
- /ʔoːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
o-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
lim-MAD o-TAM a-LA-yikh
- clause
ma-to-ME-ri ki-yif-KOD a-LA-yikh ve-AT lim-MAD o-TAM a-LA-yikh a-lu-FIM le-ROSH
- 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 phrase we’at limmadet otam alayikh allufim {וְאַתְּ לִמַּדְתְּ אֹתָם עָלַיִךְ אַלֻּפִים | wə-ʾat lim-maḏ-tə ʾō-ṯām ʿā-layiḵ ʾal-lu-phîm} ‘and you have taught them as chiefs over you’ employs the Piel perfect to highlight deliberate training.
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 13:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jeremiah 13:21, so the Hebrew word אֹתָ֥ם (otam) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.21.W6.S1) and character.