Jeremiah 15:10:9Jer.15.10.W9TAB
לְכָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ
lekholhaarets
“to all the land”
- Transliteration
- le-KHOL-ha-A-rets
- Extended
- leh-KHOHL-haa-AH-rehts
- IPA
- /ləˈχɔl.haː.ʔaːˈrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- to all the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-KHOL-ha-A-rets
- 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 prepositional phrase le-kol ha-aretz {לְכָל־הָאָרֶץ | lə·ḵōl-hā·ʾāreṣ} 'to all the land' marks universal scope.
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 15:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 15:10, so the Hebrew word לְכָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ (lekholhaarets) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.10.W9.S1) and character.