Jeremiah 17:20:2Jer.17.20.W2TAB
אֲ֠לֵיהֶם
alehem
“to them”
- Transliteration
- a-le-HEM
- Extended
- ah-leh-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʔăleːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-le-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM shim-E-U de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH mal-KHEI ye-hu-DA ve-KHOL-ye-hu-DA ve-KHOL yo-she-VEI ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM shim-E-U de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH mal-KHEI ye-hu-DA ve-KHOL-ye-hu-DA ve-KHOL yo-she-VEI ye-ru-sha-LA-yim ha-ba-IM ba-she-a-RIM ha-E-le
Exegesis
The addressees are introduced by the prepositional phrase aleihem {אֲלֵיהֶם | ʾă-lê-hem} ‘to them,’ followed by the plural imperative shimʿu {שִׁמְעוּ | šim-ʿû} ‘hear,’ creating a call to communal attention.
In context — Jeremiah 17:20
And you shall say to them, “Hear the word of the LORD , O kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem who enter by these gates.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 17:20, so the Hebrew word אֲ֠לֵיהֶם (alehem) 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.17.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.20.W2.S1) and character.