Jeremiah 19:11:22Jer.19.11.W22TAB

מֵאֵ֥ין

meen

for lack of

Transliteration
me-EN
Extended
meh-EEN
IPA
/meːˈʔeːn/

Meaning by language

English
for lack of

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Result
מֵ + אֵ֥ין
me + en
meen

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-EN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    me-EN ma-KOM

  3. clause

    u-ve-TO-fet yik-be-RU me-EN ma-KOM lik-BOR

  4. sentence

    ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ka-KHA eSH-be-OR et-ha-AM ha-ZE ve-et-ha-IR ha-ZOT ka-a-SHER yiSH-bor et-ke-LI ha-yo-TSER a-SHER lo-yu-KHAL le-he-ra-FE OD u-ve-TO-fet yik-be-RU me-EN ma-KOM lik-BOR

Exegesis

The final clause û-və-Ṭō-pheṯ yiq-bə-rû mê-ʾên mā-qōm liq-bōr {וּבְתֹפֶת יִקְבְּרוּ מֵאֵין מָקוֹם לִקְבֹּר} combines place-name and causal construction to depict comprehensive devastation.

In contextJeremiah 19:11

And you shall say to them, "Thus says the LORD of hosts : 'So will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel that cannot be repaired again, and in Topheth they will bury for lack of a place to bury.'"

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 19:11:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of Jeremiah 19:11, so the Hebrew word מֵאֵ֥ין (meen) 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.19.11.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.11.W22.S1) and character.