Jeremiah 14:21:8Jer.14.21.W8TAB

אַל־תָּפֵ֥ר

altafer

“do not break”

Transliteration: al-ta-FER
Extended: ahl-taa-FEHR
IPA: /ʔal.taˈfeːr/

Meaning by language

English: do not break

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Result

אַל + תָּ + פֵ֥ר

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al + ta + fer

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altafer

Alphabet Analysis

	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Lamed	l as in law
	Tav	t as in top
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Pe	p with dagesh; f without
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

word
al-ta-FER
phraseyour reading level
al-ta-FER be-rit-KHA
clause
ze-KHOR al-ta-FER be-rit-KHA i-TA-nu
sentence
al-tin-ATS le-MA-an shim-KHA al-te-na-BEL ki-SE khe-vo-DE-kha ze-KHOR al-ta-FER be-rit-KHA i-TA-nu

Exegesis

The verse opens with the negative particle al {אַל־ | ʾal} ‘do not,’ followed by a sequence of second person verb forms conveying urgent petitions: tinʿaṣ {תִּנְאַץ֙ | tin-ʿaṣ} ‘reject,’ tenabbel {תְּנַבֵּ֖ל | tē-nab-běl} ‘dishonor,’ and zakhor {זְכֹר֙ | zə-khor} ‘remember.’ The repeated al with imperfect and imperative verbs forms parallelism that intensifies the plea.

The final imperfect tāper {תָּפֵ֥ר | tā-per} ‘break’ pairs with ittanu {אִתָּנוּ | ʾit-tā-nū} ‘with us,’ concluding the communal supplication. English punctuation uses semicolons and commas to mirror the Hebrew’s rhetorical flow.

In context — Jeremiah 14:21

Do not reject us for the sake of Your name, do not disgrace the throne of Your glory; remember, do not break Your covenant with us.

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 14:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 14:21, so the Hebrew word אַל־תָּפֵ֥ר (altafer) 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.14.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.21.W8.S1) and character.

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