Jeremiah 16:6:1Jer.16.6.W1TAB
וּמֵ֨תוּ
umetu
“and they will die”
- Transliteration
- u-ME-tu
- Extended
- oo-MEE-too
- IPA
- /uːˈmeː.tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will die
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
u-ME-tu
- phraseyour reading level
u-ME-tu ge-do-LIM u-ke-ta-NIM
- clause
u-ME-tu ge-do-LIM u-ke-ta-NIM ba-A-rets ha-ZOT LO yik-ka-VE-ru
- sentence
u-ME-tu ge-do-LIM u-ke-ta-NIM ba-A-rets ha-ZOT LO yik-ka-VE-ru ve-LO-yis-pe-DU la-HEM ve-LO yit-go-DAD ve-LO yik-ka-RE-akh la-HEM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive u-metu {וּמֵתוּ | û-mēṯû} ‘and they will die’, introducing a pronouncement of judgment on both gedolim {גְדֹלִים | gədōlîm} ‘great ones’ and u-ktannim {וּקְטַנִּים | û-qəṭannîm} ‘small ones’.
Root and etymology
Rootm-w-t
“to die”
In context — Jeremiah 16:6
Both the great and the small will die in this land; they will not be buried, and none will lament for them, nor will anyone cut himself, nor will anyone shave his head for them.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 16:6, so the Hebrew word וּמֵ֨תוּ (umetu) 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.16.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.6.W1.S1) and character.