Jeremiah 19:9:1Jer.19.9.W1TAB
וְהַֽאֲכַלְתִּ֞ים
vehaakhaltim
“and I will cause-them-to-eat”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-a-khal-TIM
- Extended
- veh-hah-ah-khal-TEEM
- IPA
- /vəha.ʔăχalˈtiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will cause-them-to-eat
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-a-khal-TIM
- clause
ve-ha-a-khal-TIM et-be-SAR be-ne-HEM ve-ET be-SAR be-no-te-HEM ve-ISH be-sar-re-e-HU yo-khe-LU
- sentence
ve-ha-a-khal-TIM et-be-SAR be-ne-HEM ve-ET be-SAR be-no-te-HEM ve-ISH be-sar-re-e-HU yo-khe-LU be-ma-TSOR u-ve-ma-TSOK a-SHER ya-TSI-ku la-HEM o-ye-ve-HEM u-me-vak-she naf-SHAM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive Hiphil perfect vehaakhaltim {וְהַֽאֲכַלְתִּ֞ים | wə-ha-ʾă-ḵal-tîm} ‘and I will make them eat’, foregrounding divine causation.
Root and etymology
ʾ-k-laleph–kaph–lamed
“to eat”
In context — Jeremiah 19:9
And I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and each man will eat the flesh of his friend in the siege and in the distress , which their enemies and those seeking their life will inflict upon them.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 19:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 19:9, so the Hebrew word וְהַֽאֲכַלְתִּ֞ים (vehaakhaltim) 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.19.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.9.W1.S1) and character.