Jeremiah 14:19:5Jer.14.19.W5TAB
גָּעֲלָ֣ה
gaala
“has loathed”
- Transliteration
- ga-a-LA
- Extended
- gaa-ah-LAA
- IPA
- /ɡaː.ʕăˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- has loathed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ga-a-LA
- phraseyour reading level
ga-a-LA NAF-she-KHA
- clause
ha-MA-os MA-as-TA ET-ye-hu-DA im-be-tsi-YON ga-a-LA NAF-she-KHA ma-DU-a hi-KI-ta-NU ve-EN la-NU mar-PE
- sentence
ha-MA-os MA-as-TA ET-ye-hu-DA im-be-tsi-YON ga-a-LA NAF-she-KHA ma-DU-a hi-KI-ta-NU ve-EN la-NU mar-PE ka-VE le-sha-LOM ve-EN TOV u-le-ET mar-PE ve-hin-NE be-a-TA
Exegesis
The conditional conjunction im {אִם־ | ʾim} ‘if’ introduces a second rhetorical contrast, linking betziyon {בְּצִיּוֹן | bəṣiyyōn} ‘in Zion’ with the perfect gaalah {גָּעֲלָה | gāʿălāh} ‘has loathed’, which takes the feminine singular subject nafshekha {נַפְשֶׁךָ | nap̄šekā} ‘your soul’.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–ayin–lamed
“to loathe, abhor”
In context — Jeremiah 14:19
Have You utterly rejected Judah, or has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You struck us so that there is no healing for us? We hoped for peace, but there is no good; and for a time of healing, but behold, terror!
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 14:19, so the Hebrew word גָּעֲלָ֣ה (gaala) 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.14.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.19.W5.S1) and character.