Jeremiah 15:10:1Jer.15.10.W1TAB
אֽוֹי־לִ֣י
oili
“woe to me”
- Transliteration
- OI-LI
- Extended
- OHI-LEE
- IPA
- /ˈʔoːj.liː/
Meaning by language
- English
- woe to me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
OI-LI
- phraseyour reading level
OI-LI IM-MI
- clause
OI-LI IM-MI KI ye-LID-TI-ni ISH RIV ve-ISH ma-DON le-KHOL-ha-A-rets
- sentence
OI-LI IM-MI KI ye-LID-TI-ni ISH RIV ve-ISH ma-DON le-KHOL-ha-A-rets LO-na-SHI-ti ve-LO-na-SHU-VI KU-lo me-kal-le-LA-vo-ni
Exegesis
The verse opens with the exclamation formula oy {אֽוֹי | ʾôy} 'woe' + li {לִי | lî} 'to me' + the vocative immi {אִמִּי | ʾimmî} 'my mother', forming a lament.
Root and etymology
aleph-vav-yodaleph-vav-yod
“woe”
In context — Jeremiah 15:10
Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to all the land! I have not lent, nor have they lent to me, yet all of them curse me .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 15:10, so the Hebrew word אֽוֹי־לִ֣י (oili) 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.15.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.10.W1.S1) and character.