Jeremiah 15:7:5Jer.15.7.W5TAB
שִׁכַּ֤לְתִּי
shikalte
“I bereaved”
- Transliteration
- shi-KAL-te
- Extended
- shih-KAHL-teeh
- IPA
- /ʃikˈkaltiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I bereaved
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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
shi-KAL-te
- phraseyour reading level
shi-KAL-te i-BAD-te
- clause
shi-KAL-te i-BAD-te et-A-MI mid-dar-khe-HEM lo-SHA-VU
- sentence
va-ez-REM be-miz-RE be-sha-a-RE ha-A-rets shi-KAL-te i-BAD-te et-A-MI mid-dar-khe-HEM lo-SHA-VU
Exegesis
In the Piel perfect verbs shikkalti {שִׁכַּלְתִּי | ši-kal-ti} ‘I have bereaved’ and ibbadti {אִבַּדְתִּי | ʾib-bad-ti} ‘I have destroyed,’ the doubling of divine subjects intensifies personal accountability.
Root and etymology
ש־כ־ל
“to bereave or deprive of children”
In context — Jeremiah 15:7
And I winnowed them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land; I have bereaved and destroyed my people from their ways. They did not return.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 15:7, so the Hebrew word שִׁכַּ֤לְתִּי (shikalte) 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.15.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.7.W5.S1) and character.