Jeremiah 14:16:2Jer.14.16.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֣מָּה
asherhema
“who they”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-HE-ma
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-HEH-mah
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr.heːˈmːaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who they
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-HE-ma
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-AM a-SHER-HE-ma niv-be-IM la-HEM
- clause
ve-ha-AM a-SHER-HE-ma niv-be-IM la-HEM yih-YU mush-la-KHIM be-khu-TSOT ye-ru-sha-LA-im mip-ne ha-ra-AV ve-ha-KHE-rev ve-EN me-ka-BER la-HE-ma HE-ma ne-she-HEM u-ve-ne-HEM u-ve-no-te-HEM
- sentence
ve-ha-AM a-SHER-HE-ma niv-be-IM la-HEM yih-YU mush-la-KHIM be-khu-TSOT ye-ru-sha-LA-im mip-ne ha-ra-AV ve-ha-KHE-rev ve-EN me-ka-BER la-HE-ma HE-ma ne-she-HEM u-ve-ne-HEM u-ve-no-te-HEM ve-sha-fakh-TI a-le-HEM et-ra-a-TAM
Exegesis
The verse begins with vehaam {וְהָעָם | wə-hā-ʿām} ‘and the people,’ which is defined by the relative clause asher hemmah nibbeim lahem {אֲשֶׁר־הֵמָּה נִבְּאִים לָהֶם | ʾă-šer-hēm-māh nib-be-ʾîm lā-hem} ‘to whom they are prophesying,’ marking them as passive recipients of the message.
In context — Jeremiah 14:16
And the people to whom they prophesy will be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword, with none to bury them—their wives, their sons, or their daughters. And I will pour out upon them their evil .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 14:16, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֣מָּה (asherhema) 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.14.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.16.W2.S1) and character.