Jeremiah 16:15:4Jer.16.15.W4TAB
הֶעֱלָ֜ה
heela
“brought up”
- Transliteration
- he-e-LA
- Extended
- heh-eh-LAA
- IPA
- /hɛ.ʕɛˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- brought up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-e-LA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER he-e-LA
- clause
KI im-KHAI-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA et-be-NEI yis-ra-EL me-E-rets tsa-FON u-mi-KOL ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER hi-di-KHAM SHA-ma
- sentence
KI im-KHAI-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA et-be-NEI yis-ra-EL me-E-rets tsa-FON u-mi-KOL ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER hi-di-KHAM SHA-ma va-ha-shi-VO-tim al-a-da-MA-tam a-SHER na-TAT-ti la-a-vo-TAM
Exegesis
The relative clause asher heʾelah {אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלָה | ʾă-šer he-ʿĕ-lāh} identifies YHWH as the one who brought up Israel’s descendants.
Root and etymology
ʿ-L-H
“to go up, bring up”
In context — Jeremiah 16:15
But it will be said, “As the LORD lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had driven them.” For I will bring them back to the land which I gave to their fathers.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 16:15, so the Hebrew word הֶעֱלָ֜ה (heela) 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.16.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.15.W4.S1) and character.