Jeremiah 14:12:17Jer.14.12.W17TAB
מְכַלֶּ֥ה
mekhale
“am consuming”
- Transliteration
- me-kha-LE
- Extended
- meh-khah-LEH
- IPA
- /məxalˈlɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- am consuming
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
me-kha-LE
- phraseyour reading level
me-kha-LE o-TAM
- clause
KI ba-KHE-rev u-va-ra-AV u-vad-DE-ver a-no-KHI me-kha-LE o-TAM
- sentence
KI ya-TSU-mu e-NE-ni sho-ME-a el-ri-na-TAM ve-KI ya-a-LU o-LA u-min-KHA e-NE-ni ro-TSAM KI ba-KHE-rev u-va-ra-AV u-vad-DE-ver a-no-KHI me-kha-LE o-TAM
Exegesis
The independent pronoun ʾānōḵî {אָנֹכִי | ʾānōḵî} intensifies divine agency, and the Piel participle məḵallêh {מְכַלֶּה | məḵallêh} ‘consuming’ denotes decisive destruction. English rendering preserves the Hebrew clause order, uses finite verbs for participles, and maintains the conditional and adversative relationships through conjunctions and semicolons.
Root and etymology
Rootk-l-h
“to finish; consume”
In context — Jeremiah 14:12
For when they fast, I do not listen to their cry; and when they offer a burnt offering and grain offering , I do not accept them. For by the sword and by famine and by pestilence, I consume them.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:12:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Jeremiah 14:12, so the Hebrew word מְכַלֶּ֥ה (mekhale) 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.14.12.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.12.W17.S1) and character.