Jeremiah 15:6:12Jer.15.6.W12TAB
הִנָּחֵֽם׃
hinnakhem
“of relenting”
- Transliteration
- hin-na-KHEM
- Extended
- hihn-nah-KHEHM
- IPA
- /hin.naːˈħeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of relenting
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
hin-na-KHEM
- 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
n-ḥ-mnun–ḥet–mem
“to relent, comfort”
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 15:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Jeremiah 15:6, so the Hebrew word הִנָּחֵֽם׃ (hinnakhem) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.6.W12.S1) and character.