Jeremiah 16:12:4Jer.16.12.W4TAB
מֵאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם
meavotekhem
“more than your fathers”
- Transliteration
- me-a-vo-te-KHEM
- Extended
- mee-ah-voh-teh-KHEM
- IPA
- /meːʔăvoːteːˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- more than your fathers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-a-vo-te-KHEM
- clause
ve-a-TEM ha-re-o-TEM la-a-SOT me-a-vo-te-KHEM
- sentence
ve-a-TEM ha-re-o-TEM la-a-SOT me-a-vo-te-KHEM ve-hin-ne-KHEM hol-KHIM ISH a-kha-REI she-ri-RUT li-BO-ha-RA le-vil-TI she-MO-a e-LAI
Exegesis
The infinitive laasot {לַעֲשׂוֹת | la-ʿă-sōṯ} combined with meavoteikhem {מֵאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם | mē-ʾă-ḇō-tê-ḵem} forms a comparative clause.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–bet
“father”
In context — Jeremiah 16:12
And you have done worse than your fathers , and behold, each one of you walks after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so as not to listen to Me .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 16:12, so the Hebrew word מֵאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם (meavotekhem) 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.16.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.12.W4.S1) and character.