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

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הִנ + נָּ + חֵֽם׃
hin + na + khem
hinnakhem

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    hin-na-KHEM

  2. clause

    va-AT et-ya-DI a-LA-yikh va-ash-khi-TEKH nil-e-TI hin-na-KHEM

  3. 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 contextJeremiah 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.