Jeremiah 15:8:1Jer.15.8.W1TAB
עָֽצְמוּ־לִ֤י
atsemuli
“they became many for me”
- Transliteration
- a-tse-MU-li
- Extended
- aa-tseh-MOO-lee
- IPA
- /ʕaːtsəˈmuː.liː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they became many for me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-tse-MU-li
- phraseyour reading level
a-tse-MU-li al-me-no-TAV
- clause
a-tse-MU-li al-me-no-TAV me-KHOL yam-MIM he-VE-ti la-HEM al-EM ba-KHUR sho-DED ba-tso-ha-ra-YIM
- sentence
a-tse-MU-li al-me-no-TAV me-KHOL yam-MIM he-VE-ti la-HEM al-EM ba-KHUR sho-DED ba-tso-ha-ra-YIM hi-pal-TI a-LE-ha pit-OM IR u-ve-ha-LOT
Exegesis
The verse begins with the perfect verb atzmu {עָצְמוּ | ʿā-ṣə-mū} ‘they have become numerous’ followed by the pronominal suffix li {לִי | lī} marking divine perspective.
Root and etymology
ע־צ־ם
“to become numerous”
In context — Jeremiah 15:8
Their widows have become more numerous than the sand of the seas; at noon I have brought against the mothers of the young men a destroyer, and I have caused anguish and terrors to fall suddenly upon her.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 15:8, so the Hebrew word עָֽצְמוּ־לִ֤י (atsemuli) 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.15.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.8.W1.S1) and character.