Jeremiah 17:13:12Jer.17.13.W12TAB
מְק֥וֹר
mekor
“a fountain”
- Transliteration
- me-KOR
- Extended
- meh-KOHR
- IPA
- /məˈqoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a fountain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-KOR
- phraseyour reading level
me-KOR MA-yim-kha-YIM
- clause
ye-su-re ve-su-RAI ba-A-rets yik-ka-TE-vu KI a-ze-VU me-KOR MA-yim-kha-YIM ET-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
mik-VE yis-ra-EL ye-ho-VAH KAL-o-ze-VE-kha ye-VO-shu ye-su-re ve-su-RAI ba-A-rets yik-ka-TE-vu KI a-ze-VU me-KOR MA-yim-kha-YIM ET-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The construct mekor {מְק֥וֹר | mə-qōr} with mayim-chayyim {מַֽיִם־חַיִּ֖ים | mā-yim ḥay-yim} forms the metaphor of divine sustenance.
Root and etymology
q-w-rqoph–waw–resh
“source, spring”
In context — Jeremiah 17:13
Hope of Israel, the LORD ; all who forsake You will be put to shame, and those who turn away from Me will be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Jeremiah 17:13, so the Hebrew word מְק֥וֹר (mekor) 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.17.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.13.W12.S1) and character.