Jeremiah 15:10:13Jer.15.10.W13TAB
מְקַלְלַֽונִי׃
mekallelavoni
“are cursing me”
- Transliteration
- me-kal-le-LA-vo-ni
- Extended
- meh-kahl-leh-LAA-voh-nee
- IPA
- /məqal.laˈvɔː.niː/
Meaning by language
- English
- are cursing me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-kal-le-LA-vo-ni
- phraseyour reading level
KU-lo me-kal-le-LA-vo-ni
- clause
LO-na-SHI-ti ve-LO-na-SHU-VI KU-lo me-kal-le-LA-vo-ni
- 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
Two negative Qal perfect clauses lo nashîti {לֹא־נָשִׁיתִי | lōʾ nā·šî·tî} 'I have not lent' and we-lo nashû bi {וְלֹא־נָשׁוּ־בִי | wə·lōʾ nā·šū·bî} 'and they have not lent to me' stress innocence, while the final participle kullô mekallelûnî {כֻּלֹּה מְקַלְּלַונִי | kullô mə·qalləlû·nî} 'all of them are cursing me' conveys ongoing hostility. The lament employs parallelism, vocative address, and a cause-result sequence.
Root and etymology
qof-lamed-lamedqof-lamed-lamed
“curse”
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 15:10:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Jeremiah 15:10, so the Hebrew word מְקַלְלַֽונִי׃ (mekallelavoni) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.10.W13.S1) and character.