Jeremiah 15:10:8Jer.15.10.W8TAB
מָד֖וֹן
madon
“of contention”
- Transliteration
- ma-DON
- Extended
- maa-DOHN
- IPA
- /maːˈdoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- of contention
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-DON
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ISH ma-DON
- 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
A paired coordinate structure of ish riv {אִישׁ רִיב | ʾîš rîḇ} 'man of strife' and ve-ish madon {וְאִישׁ מָדוֹן | wə-ʾîš mā·ḏôn} 'and man of contention' intensifies the identity.
Root and etymology
mem-dalet-nunmem-dalet-nun
“contention”
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 15:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 15:10, so the Hebrew word מָד֖וֹן (madon) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.10.W8.S1) and character.