Jeremiah 14:2:1Jer.14.2.W1TAB
אָבְלָ֣ה
avlela
“she mourns”
- Transliteration
- av-le-LA
- Extended
- aav-eh-leh-LAA
- IPA
- /ʔɔv.ləˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- she mourns
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
av-le-LA
- phraseyour reading level
av-le-LA ye-hu-DA
- clause
av-le-LA ye-hu-DA u-she-a-RE-ha um-le-LU kad-RU la-RETS
- sentence
av-le-LA ye-hu-DA u-she-a-RE-ha um-le-LU kad-RU la-RETS ve-tsi-ve-KHAT ye-ru-sha-LIM a-la-TA
Exegesis
The verse begins with avlah {אָבְלָ֣ה | ʾăḇlā(h)} ‘she mourns’, placing the completed action in focus before its subject.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-b-l
“to mourn, lament”
In context — Jeremiah 14:2
Judah mourns, and her gates droop; her people sink down in darkness to the ground, and Jerusalem’s cry rises.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 14:2, so the Hebrew word אָבְלָ֣ה (avlela) 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.14.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.2.W1.S1) and character.