Jeremiah 16:12:6Jer.16.12.W6TAB

הֹלְכִ֗ים

holkhim

are walking

Transliteration
hol-KHIM
Extended
hohl-KHEEM
IPA
/holˈxiːm/

Meaning by language

English
are walking

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Result
הֹלְ + כִ֗ים
hol + khim
holkhim

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    hol-KHIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-hin-ne-KHEM hol-KHIM

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextJeremiah 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 16:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jeremiah 16:12, so the Hebrew word הֹלְכִ֗ים (holkhim) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.12.W6.S1) and character.