Jeremiah 15:9:1Jer.15.9.W1TAB
אֻמְלְלָ֞ה
umlela
“has withered”
- Transliteration
- um-le-LA
- Extended
- uhm-leh-LAA
- IPA
- /ʔum.ləˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- has withered
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
um-le-LA
- clause
um-le-LA yo-LE-det ha-shi-VA na-fe-KHA naf-SHAH VA-e BA shim-SHAH be-OD yo-MAM BO-SHA ve-kha-FE-ra
- sentence
um-le-LA yo-LE-det ha-shi-VA na-fe-KHA naf-SHAH VA-e BA shim-SHAH be-OD yo-MAM BO-SHA ve-kha-FE-ra u-she-E-ri-TAM la-KHE-rev e-TEN lif-NE o-ye-VE-hem ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with umlalah {אֻמְלְלָ֞ה | ʾum-le-lāh} ‘languishes’, a Niphʿal perfect verb that predicates on yoledet hashivʿāh {יֹלֶדֶת הַשִּׁבְעָה | yō-le-ḏeṯ ha-šiv-ʿāh} ‘the one who bore seven’, an articular participle-noun phrase.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-l
“to languish, waste away”
In context — Jeremiah 15:9
The one who bore seven languishes; she has breathed out her life and her sun has gone down while it is still day. She is ashamed and humiliated. And their remnant I will give to the sword before their enemies, declares the LORD .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 15:9, so the Hebrew word אֻמְלְלָ֞ה (umlela) 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.15.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.9.W1.S1) and character.