Jeremiah 15:20:8Jer.15.20.W8TAB

אֵלֶ֖יךָ

elekha

“against you”

Transliteration: e-LE-kha
Extended: ee-LEH-kha
IPA: /ʔeːˈlɛː.xaː/

Meaning by language

English: against you

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

אֵ + לֶ֖י + ךָ

↓

e + le + kha

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elekha

Alphabet Analysis

	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Lamed	l as in law
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Kaf Sofit	final form of Kaf — at word end
	Qamets	long 'ah'

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The word

Word in context

word
e-LE-kha
phraseyour reading level
ve-nil-kha-MU e-LE-kha
clause
u-ne-ta-TI-kha la-AM ha-ZE le-kho-MAT ne-KHO-shet be-tsu-RA ve-nil-kha-MU e-LE-kha ve-LO-YU-khe-LU LAKH
sentence
u-ne-ta-TI-kha la-AM ha-ZE le-kho-MAT ne-KHO-shet be-tsu-RA ve-nil-kha-MU e-LE-kha ve-LO-YU-khe-LU LAKH KI-it-te-KHA a-NI le-ho-shi-A-kha u-le-ha-tsi-LE-kha ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

The coordinated verbs ve-nilchamu elekha velo-yuchlu lakh {וְנִלְחֲמ֥וּ אֵלֶיךָ וְלֹא־יוּכְלוּ לָךְ | wə-nil-ḥă-mū ʾê-le-ḵā wə-lō yū-ḵə-lū lā-ḵ} form a chiastic parallelism highlighting both aggression and certain failure.

In context — Jeremiah 15:20

And I will make you a fortified wall of bronze for this people; they will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you, for I am with you to save you and to deliver you, says the LORD .

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 15:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 15:20, so the Hebrew word אֵלֶ֖יךָ (elekha) 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.15.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.20.W8.S1) and character.

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