Jeremiah 16:4:20Jer.16.4.W20TAB
וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת
ulevehemat
“and for beast of”
- Transliteration
- u-le-ve-he-MAT
- Extended
- oo-leh-veh-eh-MAHT
- IPA
- /ulvəvɛ̆hɛˈmat/
Meaning by language
- English
- and for beast of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
u-le-ve-he-MAT
- phraseyour reading level
u-le-ve-he-MAT ha-A-rets
- clause
u-va-KHE-rev u-va-ra-AV yikh-LU ve-ha-ye-TA niv-la-TAM le-ma-a-KHAL le-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-le-ve-he-MAT ha-A-rets
- sentence
me-mo-TE ta-kha-lu-IM ya-mu-TU LO yis-sa-fe-DU ve-LO yik-ka-ve-RU le-DO-men al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA yih-ye-YU u-va-KHE-rev u-va-ra-AV yikh-LU ve-ha-ye-TA niv-la-TAM le-ma-a-KHAL le-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-le-ve-he-MAT ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The final clause ve-hayetah nivlatam le-maakhal le-of ha-shamayim u-le-vehemat ha-aretz {וְהָיְתָה נִבְלָתָם לְמַאֲכָל לְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְבֶהֱמַת הָאָרֶץ} “and their corpses will become food for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth” depicts total desecration and the breakdown of order.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–bet
“heart, inner self”
In context — Jeremiah 16:4
They will die from deadly sicknesses; they will not be mourned , and they will not be buried . They will be like dung on the open face of the ground. They will be finished off by the sword and by famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:4:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Jeremiah 16:4, so the Hebrew word וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת (ulevehemat) 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.16.4.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.4.W20.S1) and character.