Jeremiah 18:21:9Jer.18.21.W9TAB
שַׁכֻּלוֹת֙
shakkulot
“bereaved”
- Transliteration
- sha-kku-LOT
- Extended
- shahk-kuh-LOHT
- IPA
- /ʃak.kuˈloːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- bereaved
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
sha-kku-LOT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-tih-ye-NA ne-SHE-hem sha-kku-LOT
- 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
A sequence of Qal imperfect forms vetihyenah {וְתִֽהְיֶנָה | wə-tih-yə-nāh} ‘let there be’ and yihiyu {יִהְיוּ | yi-hə-yū} ‘let them be’ governs nshehem shakulot ve-almanot {נְשֵׁיהֶם שַׁכֻּלוֹת וְאַלְמָנוֹת | nə-šê-hem šak-kū-lōt wə-ʾal-mā-nōt}, depicting bereaved wives and widows, and ve-anshehem harugei mavet {וְאַנְשֵׁיהֶם הֲרֻגֵי מָוֶת | wə-ʾan-šê-hem ha-rû-gê mā-vet}, depicting men meeting death.
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 18:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 18:21, so the Hebrew word שַׁכֻּלוֹת֙ (shakkulot) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.21.W9.S1) and character.