Jeremiah 17:15:2Jer.17.15.W2TAB
אֹמְרִ֖ים
omerim
“are saying”
- Transliteration
- o-me-RIM
- Extended
- oh-meh-REEM
- IPA
- /ʔoməˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- are saying
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
o-me-RIM
- clause
hin-NE-he-MA o-me-RIM e-LAI
- sentence
hin-NE-he-MA o-me-RIM e-LAI a-YE de-VAR-ye-ho-VA ya-VO NA
Exegesis
It follows the pronoun hemah {הֵ֕מָּה | hē-māh} ‘they’ and the Qal participle omrim {אֹמְרִ֖ים | ʾom-rîm} ‘are saying’, marking ongoing speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — Jeremiah 17:15
Behold, they are saying to me, “Where is the word of the LORD ? Let it come now !”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 17:15, so the Hebrew word אֹמְרִ֖ים (omerim) 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.17.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.15.W2.S1) and character.