Jeremiah 18:21:3Jer.18.21.W3TAB
אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֜ם
etbenehem
“their sons”
- Transliteration
- et-be-NE-hem
- Extended
- eht-beh-NEE-hehm
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.bəneːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their sons
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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
et-be-NE-hem
- phraseyour reading level
la-KHEN TEN et-be-NE-hem
- clause
la-KHEN TEN et-be-NE-hem la-ra-AV ve-hag-gi-REM al-ye-DE-khe-REV ve-tih-ye-NA ne-SHE-hem sha-kku-LOT ve-al-ma-NOT ve-an-she-HEM yih-yu ha-ru-GE MA-vet
- sentence
la-KHEN TEN et-be-NE-hem la-ra-AV ve-hag-gi-REM al-ye-DE-khe-REV ve-tih-ye-NA ne-SHE-hem sha-kku-LOT ve-al-ma-NOT ve-an-she-HEM yih-yu ha-ru-GE MA-vet ba-khu-re-HEM mu-kke-KHE-rev ba-mmil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The Qal imperative ten {תֵּ֨ן | tēn} ‘give’ and the Hiphil imperative vehagirem {וְהַגִּרֵם֮ | wə-ha-gî-rēm} ‘pour them out’ frame Israel’s sons as objects of divine wrath, with et-bneihem {אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶם | ʾeṯ-bə-nê-hem} marking the direct object.
In context — Jeremiah 18:21
Therefore, give their sons to the famine , and hand them over to the power of the sword; let their women be bereaved and become widows , and let their men be slain by death; let their young men be struck by the sword in battle.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 18:21, so the Hebrew word אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֜ם (etbenehem) 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.18.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.21.W3.S1) and character.