Jeremiah 15:6:11Jer.15.6.W11TAB
נִלְאֵ֖יתִי
nileti
“I am weary”
- Transliteration
- nil-e-TI
- Extended
- nihl-eh-TEE
- IPA
- /nil.ʔeːˈt̪iː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I am weary
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
nil-e-TI
- clause
va-AT et-ya-DI a-LA-yikh va-ash-khi-TEKH nil-e-TI hin-na-KHEM
- sentence
AT na-TASH-te o-TI ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH a-KHOR te-le-KHI va-AT et-ya-DI a-LA-yikh va-ash-khi-TEKH nil-e-TI hin-na-KHEM
Exegesis
The Nifal forms nileiti {נִלְאֵיתִי | nîlʼêîtî} ‘I am weary’ and hinakhem {הִנָּחֵֽם | hinnāḥêm} ‘relenting’ convey God’s exhaustion in withholding judgment. English SVO order and punctuation highlight the divine speech and resulting judgment.
Root and etymology
l-ʾ-hlamed–aleph–heh
“to be weary, tired”
In context — Jeremiah 15:6
You have forsaken me, declares the LORD ; you go backward. Therefore I will stretch out my hand over you and destroy you. I am weary of relenting .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:6:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Jeremiah 15:6, so the Hebrew word נִלְאֵ֖יתִי (nileti) 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.15.6.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.6.W11.S1) and character.