Jeremiah 14:6:3Jer.14.6.W3TAB
עַל־שְׁפָיִ֔ם
alshefayim
“on bare heights”
- Transliteration
- al-she-fa-YIM
- Extended
- ahl-sheh-fah-YEEM
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʃəfaˈjiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- on bare heights
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| 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
al-she-fa-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-me-DU al-she-fa-YIM
- clause
u-fe-ra-IM a-me-DU al-she-fa-YIM sha-a-FU RU-akh ka-tan-NIM
- sentence
u-fe-ra-IM a-me-DU al-she-fa-YIM sha-a-FU RU-akh ka-tan-NIM ka-LU e-ne-HEM ki-EN E-sev
Exegesis
The noun u-pera'im {וּפְרָאִים֙ | û-p̄ə-rā-ʾîm} ‘wild donkeys’ functions as the subject, followed by the Qal perfect amdu {עָמְד֣וּ | ʿā-mə-ḏû} ‘stood’ and the locative al-shefayim {עַל־שְׁפָיִ֔ם | ʿal-šə-p̄ā-yim} ‘on the heights’, emphasizing exposed terrain.
In context — Jeremiah 14:6
And the wild donkeys stood on the heights; they snuffed the wind like jackals; their eyes failed because there was no grass.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 14:6, so the Hebrew word עַל־שְׁפָיִ֔ם (alshefayim) 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.14.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.6.W3.S1) and character.