Jeremiah 16:7:8Jer.16.7.W8TAB

כּ֣וֹ

kos

a cup

Transliteration
KOS
Extended
KOHS
IPA
/ˈkoːs/

Meaning by language

English
a cup

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    KOS

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KOS tan-khu-MIM

  3. clause

    ve-LO-yash-KU o-TAM KOS tan-khu-MIM al-a-VIV ve-al-I-mo

  4. 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 noun phrase kos tanchumim {כּ֣וֹס תַּנְחוּמִ֔ים | kōs tan-ḥū-mîm} ‘cup of consolations’ functions as a symbolic ritual object. Hebrew’s balanced clauses and parallel structures intensify the sense of communal abandonment.

In contextJeremiah 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 16:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 16:7, so the Hebrew word כּ֣וֹ (kos) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.7.W8.S1) and character.