Jeremiah 16:18:7Jer.16.18.W7TAB
חַלְּלָ֣ם
khallelam
“their corpses”
- Transliteration
- khal-le-LAM
- Extended
- khahl-leh-LAAM
- IPA
- /ħal.ləˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their corpses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
khal-le-LAM
- phraseyour reading level
khal-le-LAM et-AR-tsi
- clause
ve-shi-lam-TI ri-sho-NA mish-NE a-vo-NAM ve-kha-ta-TAM AL khal-le-LAM et-AR-tsi
- sentence
ve-shi-lam-TI ri-sho-NA mish-NE a-vo-NAM ve-kha-ta-TAM AL khal-le-LAM et-AR-tsi be-niv-LAT shi-ku-tse-HEM ve-to-a-vo-te-HEM mal-E-U et-na-kha-la-TI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al challam et-arzi {עַל חַלְּלָם אֶת־אַרְצִי | ʿal ḥal-lə-lām ʾet-ʾar-ṣî} ‘because of their profaning my land’ introduces causality with challam in construct relation to arzi.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–lamed–lamed
“to profane, defile”
In context — Jeremiah 16:18
But first, I will repay double for their iniquity and their sin because of their profaning my land. With the carcasses of their detestable things and their abominations, they have filled my inheritance.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 16:18, so the Hebrew word חַלְּלָ֣ם (khallelam) 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.16.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.18.W7.S1) and character.