Jeremiah 14:16:20Jer.14.16.W20TAB
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם
alehem
“upon them”
- Transliteration
- a-le-HEM
- Extended
- ah-LEE-hehm
- IPA
- /ʕăleːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-le-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sha-fakh-TI a-le-HEM
- clause
ve-sha-fakh-TI a-le-HEM et-ra-a-TAM
- 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
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 14:16:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Jeremiah 14:16, so the Hebrew word עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (alehem) 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.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.16.W20.S1) and character.