Jeremiah 16:6:2Jer.16.6.W2TAB
גְדֹלִ֧ים
gedolim
“great ones”
- Transliteration
- ge-do-LIM
- Extended
- geh-doh-LEEM
- IPA
- /gədoˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- great ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ge-do-LIM
- 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’.
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 16:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 16:6, so the Hebrew word גְדֹלִ֧ים (gedolim) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.6.W2.S1) and character.