Jeremiah 15:18:5Jer.15.18.W5TAB
וּמַכָּתִ֖י
umakati
“and my wound or my blow”
- Transliteration
- u-ma-KA-ti
- Extended
- oo-mah-KAA-tee
- IPA
- /uː.maˈkːaː.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and my wound or my blow
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
u-ma-KA-ti
- clause
LA-ma ha-YA khe-E-VI NE-tsakh u-ma-KA-ti a-NU-sha
- sentence
LA-ma ha-YA khe-E-VI NE-tsakh u-ma-KA-ti a-NU-sha me-a-NA he-ra-FE ha-YO ti-he-YE LI kmo akh-ZAV MA-yim LO ne-e-MA-nu
Exegesis
The coordinated phrase u-makkati anushah {וּמַכָּתִ֖י אֲנוּשָׁ֑ה | ū-maḵ-kā-tî ă-nū-shāh} intensifies suffering by portraying the wound as incurable.
In context — Jeremiah 15:18
Why has my pain been perpetual, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will You surely be to me like a deceptive brook , waters that are not trustworthy?
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 15:18, so the Hebrew word וּמַכָּתִ֖י (umakati) 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.15.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.18.W5.S1) and character.