Jeremiah 14:3:5Jer.14.3.W5TAB
לַמָּ֑יִם
lamayim
“for the water”
- Transliteration
- la-MA-yim
- Extended
- lah-MAA-yihm
- IPA
- /lamˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the water
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-MA-yim
- 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 verb shal'chu {שָׁלְח֥וּ | šāl-ḥū} governs two coordinated objects, tsoreyhem {צעוריהם | ṣə-ʿō-rê-hem} ‘their youthful ones’ and tse'irehem {צְעִירֵיהֶ֖ם | ṣə-ʿî-rê-hem} ‘their young ones’, with lamayim {לַמָּ֑יִם | la-mā-yim} ‘for the water’.
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 14:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 14:3, so the Hebrew word לַמָּ֑יִם (lamayim) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.3.W5.S1) and character.