Jeremiah 14:3:1Jer.14.3.W1TAB
וְאַדִּ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם
veadirehem
“and their nobles”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-di-re-HEM
- Extended
- veh-ah-dih-reh-HEEM
- IPA
- /vɛʔad.diːreːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and their nobles
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-di-re-HEM
- clause
ve-a-di-re-HEM shal-khu tse-o-ri-HEM tse-i-re-HEM la-MA-yim
- sentence
ve-a-di-re-HEM shal-khu tse-o-ri-HEM tse-i-re-HEM la-MA-yim ba-U al-GE-vim lo-ma-tse-U MA-yim sha-VU khe-le-HEM re-KAM bo-SHU ve-ha-khel-MU ve-kha-FU ro-SHAM
Exegesis
The verse opens with ve'adirehem {וְאַדִּ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם | wə-ʾad-dirē-hem} ‘and their nobles’, marking the elite as agents.
In context — Jeremiah 14:3
Their nobles sent their junior attendants for water; they came to the cisterns and found none. They returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and humiliated, and they covered their heads.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 14:3, so the Hebrew word וְאַדִּ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם (veadirehem) 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.14.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.3.W1.S1) and character.