Jeremiah 16:7:9Jer.16.7.W9TAB
תַּנְחוּמִ֔ים
tankhumim
“of consolations”
- Transliteration
- tan-khu-MIM
- Extended
- tahn-ħoo-MEEM
- IPA
- /tanħuːˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of consolations
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
tan-khu-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
KOS tan-khu-MIM
- clause
ve-LO-yash-KU o-TAM KOS tan-khu-MIM al-a-VIV ve-al-I-mo
- 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.
Root and etymology
Rootn-ḥ-m
“consolations”
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 16:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 16:7, so the Hebrew word תַּנְחוּמִ֔ים (tankhumim) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.7.W9.S1) and character.