Jeremiah 16:10:6Jer.16.10.W6TAB
אֵ֥ת
et
- Transliteration
- ET
- Extended
- EET
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːt/
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ET
- phraseyour reading level
ET KAL-ha-de-va-RIM
- clause
ve-ha-YA KI ta-GID la-AM ha-ZE ET KAL-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
- 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
A conditional clause ki taggid {כִּי תַגִּיד | kî tag-gîḏ} ‘when you declare’ governs the direct object et kol-ha-dvarim ha-eleh {אֵת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה | ʾēt kol-had-də-ḇā-rîm hā-ʾēl-leh}, emphasizing the totality of the prophet’s message to la-ʿam ha-zeh {לָעָם הַזֶּה | lā-ʿām ha-zzeh} ‘this people.’
Root and etymology
ḥ-t-ʾchet–tet–aleph
“sin, miss the mark”
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 16:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jeremiah 16:10, so the Hebrew word אֵ֥ת (et) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.10.W6.S1) and character.