Jeremiah 14:2:5Jer.14.2.W5TAB
קָדְר֣וּ
kadru
“they are darkened”
- Transliteration
- kad-RU
- Extended
- kaad-eh-ROO
- IPA
- /qɔdˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they are darkened
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kad-RU
- phraseyour reading level
kad-RU la-RETS
- 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 verbs umlilu {אֻמְלְל֖וּ | ʾumləlû} ‘they languish’ and qadru {קָדְר֣וּ | qāḏrû} ‘they became dark’ depict physical and emotional decline, with la-arets {לָאָ֑רֶץ | lā-ʾāreṣ} ‘to the ground’ specifying the depth of the descent.
Root and etymology
Rootq-d-r
“to be dark”
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 14:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 14:2, so the Hebrew word קָדְר֣וּ (kadru) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.2.W5.S1) and character.