Jeremiah 16:4:9Jer.16.4.W9TAB
עַל־פְּנֵ֥י
alpene
“on the surface of”
- Transliteration
- al-pe-NE
- Extended
- ahl-peh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʕal.pəˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the surface of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-pe-NE
- phraseyour reading level
al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA
- clause
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
- 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 metaphor le-domen al-peney ha-adamah {לְדֹמֶן עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה | lə-ḏō-men ʿal-pə-nê hā-’ă-ḏā-māh} “as dung on the face of the earth” underscores humiliation.
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 16:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 16:4, so the Hebrew word עַל־פְּנֵ֥י (alpene) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.4.W9.S1) and character.