Jeremiah 16:10:19Jer.16.10.W19TAB
וּמֶ֤ה
ume
“and what”
- Transliteration
- u-ME
- Extended
- oo-MEH
- IPA
- /uːˈmɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and what
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-ME
- phraseyour reading level
u-ME a-vo-NE-nu
- clause
ve-am-RU e-LE-kha al-ME di-BER Ye-ho-VAH a-LE-nu ET KAL-ha-ra-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT u-ME a-vo-NE-nu u-ME kha-ta-TE-nu a-SHER kha-ta-NU la-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu
- sentence
ve-ha-YA KI ta-GID la-AM ha-ZE ET KAL-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le ve-am-RU e-LE-kha al-ME di-BER Ye-ho-VAH a-LE-nu ET KAL-ha-ra-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT u-ME a-vo-NE-nu u-ME kha-ta-TE-nu a-SHER kha-ta-NU la-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu
Exegesis
The verb ve-amru ʾe-le-kha {וְאָמְרוּ אֵלֶיךָ | wə-ʾāmə-rû ʾē-le-ḵā} ‘and they said to you’ introduces two parallel interrogative clauses: ʿal-meh dibber Yə-hō-Wāh ʿā-lê-nu {עַל־מֶה דִבֶּר יְהוָה עָלֵינוּ | ʿal-mê dib-bēr Yə-hō-Wāh ʿā-lê-nû} ‘upon what has the LORD spoken against us,’ and û-meh ʿă-vô-nê-nu û-meh ḥat-tā-ṯê-nu ă-šer ḥā-ṭā-nu {וּמֶה עֲוֹנֵנוּ וּמֶה חַטָּאתֵנוּ אֲשֶׁר חָטָאנוּ | û-meh ʿă-vô-nê-nû û-meh ḥat-tā-ṯê-nû ʾă-šer ḥā-ṭā-nu} ‘what is our iniquity and what is our sin that we have sinned.’ The use of avonenu and chattatenu creates a nuance between moral perversity and covenant violation.
In context — Jeremiah 16:10
And it shall be, when you declare all these words to this people, that they will say to you, “Why has the LORD declared all this great evil against us? What is our iniquity, and what is our sin which we have sinned against the LORD our God?”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:10:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Jeremiah 16:10, so the Hebrew word וּמֶ֤ה (ume) 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.16.10.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.10.W19.S1) and character.