Jeremiah 16:7:3Jer.16.7.W3TAB
עַל־אֵ֖בֶל
alevel
“for mourning”
- Transliteration
- al-E-vel
- Extended
- ahl-EE-veh l
- IPA
- /ʕalˈʔeː.vɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- for mourning
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-E-vel
- clause
ve-LO-YIF-re-SU la-HEM al-E-vel le-na-kha-MO al-MET
- sentence
ve-LO-YIF-re-SU la-HEM al-E-vel le-na-kha-MO al-MET ve-LO-yash-KU o-TAM KOS tan-khu-MIM al-a-VIV ve-al-I-mo
Exegesis
The phrases al-evel {עַל־אֵ֖בֶל | ʿal-ʾê-ḇel} ‘at mourning’ and al-met {עַל־מֵ֑ת | ʿal-mēt} ‘for the dead’ frame the funeral context, while the construct chain aviv ve-al imo {אָבִ֖יו וְעַל־אִמּֽוֹ | ʾā-ḇîw wə-ʿal im-mō} ‘his father and his mother’ highlights the familial loss.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-b-l
“mourning”
In context — Jeremiah 16:7
No one will break bread for them in mourning to comfort him for the dead, and no one will give him the cup of consolations to drink for his father or his mother.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 16:7, so the Hebrew word עַל־אֵ֖בֶל (alevel) 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.16.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.7.W3.S1) and character.