Jeremiah 15:8:10Jer.15.8.W10TAB
בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם
batsoharayim
“at noon”
- Transliteration
- ba-tso-ha-ra-YIM
- Extended
- bah-tsoh-hah-rah-YEEM
- IPA
- /bat͡sɔ̆.haː.raːˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- at noon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Qamets | reduced 'oh' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ba-tso-ha-ra-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
sho-DED ba-tso-ha-ra-YIM
- 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 temporal phrase batzohorayim {בַּצָּהֳרָיִם | ba-ṣō-hō-rā-yim} ‘at noon’ underscores the shock of a midday assault.
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 15:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 15:8, so the Hebrew word בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם (batsoharayim) 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.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.8.W10.S1) and character.