Jeremiah 14:16:21Jer.14.16.W21TAB
אֶת־רָעָתָֽם׃
etraatam
“their evil”
- Transliteration
- et-ra-a-TAM
- Extended
- eht-raa-ah-TAAM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.raːʕaːˈtːaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their evil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
et-ra-a-TAM
- 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
Exegesis
Finally, veshafakhti {וְשָׁפַכְתִּי | wə-šā-p̄akh-tî} ‘and I will pour out’ introduces a divine perfect‐tense pronouncement, with et raatam {אֶת־רָעָתָם | ʾet-rā-ʿā-tām} ‘their evil’ as the object, emphasizing measure‐for‐measure retribution.
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 14:16:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Jeremiah 14:16, so the Hebrew word אֶת־רָעָתָֽם׃ (etraatam) 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.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.16.W21.S1) and character.