Jeremiah 16:7:4Jer.16.7.W4TAB
לְנַחֲמ֣וֹ
lenakhamo
“to comfort him”
- Transliteration
- le-na-kha-MO
- Extended
- leh-nah-ħah-MOH
- IPA
- /lənaħăˈmoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to comfort him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-na-kha-MO
- phraseyour reading level
le-na-kha-MO al-MET
- 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
Root and etymology
Rootn-ḥ-m
“to comfort”
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 16:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 16:7, so the Hebrew word לְנַחֲמ֣וֹ (lenakhamo) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.7.W4.S1) and character.