Jeremiah 14:3:8Jer.14.3.W8TAB
לֹא־מָ֣צְאוּ
lomatseu
“they did not find”
- Transliteration
- lo-ma-tse-U
- Extended
- loh-maa-tseh-OO
- IPA
- /loːmɑːtsəˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they did not find
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
lo-ma-tse-U
- phraseyour reading level
lo-ma-tse-U MA-yim
- 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 motion clause ba'u al-gevim {בָּאוּ עַל־גֵּבִ֞ים | bā-ʾū ʿal-gē-vîm} ‘they came to cisterns’ pairs with lo-matzeu mayim {לֹא־מָ֣צְאוּ מַ֗יִם | lō maṣ-ʾū mā-yim} ‘they did not find water’ to emphasize drought.
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 14:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 14:3, so the Hebrew word לֹא־מָ֣צְאוּ (lomatseu) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.3.W8.S1) and character.