Jeremiah 14:3:12Jer.14.3.W12TAB
רֵיקָ֔ם
rekam
“empty”
- Transliteration
- re-KAM
- Extended
- ree-KAAM
- IPA
- /reːˈqɑːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- empty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
re-KAM
- clause
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
- 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 return clause shavu keleihem reikam {שָׁבוּ כְלֵיהֶם רֵיקָם | šā-ḇū kə-lê-hem rê-qām} ‘they returned with their vessels empty’ employs an attributive adjective.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–yod–qof
“empty”
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 14:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Jeremiah 14:3, so the Hebrew word רֵיקָ֔ם (rekam) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.3.W12.S1) and character.