Jeremiah 16:12:5Jer.16.12.W5TAB
וְהִנְּכֶ֣ם
vehinnekhem
“and behold you”
- Transliteration
- ve-hin-ne-KHEM
- Extended
- veh-hihn-neh-KHEM
- IPA
- /wəhin.nəˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and behold you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ve-hin-ne-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hin-ne-KHEM hol-KHIM
- clause
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
- 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
Vehinnekhem {וְהִנְּכֶ֣ם | wə-hin-nə-ḵem} ‘and behold you’ focuses on the participle holchim {הֹלְכִים | hôl-ḵîm} ‘walking’, which indicates continuous action.
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 16:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 16:12, so the Hebrew word וְהִנְּכֶ֣ם (vehinnekhem) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.12.W5.S1) and character.