Jeremiah 20:10:11Jer.20.10.W11TAB

שְׁלוֹמִ֔י

shelomi

of my peace, my friend

Transliteration
she-lo-MI
Extended
sheh-loh-MEE
IPA
/ʃəloːˈmiː/

Meaning by language

English
of my peace, my friend

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
שְׁ + לוֹ + מִ֔י
she + lo + mi
shelomi

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    she-lo-MI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    e-NOSH she-lo-MI

  3. clause

    KI sha-MA-e-ti di-BAT ra-BIM ma-GOR mi-sa-VIV ha-GI-du ve-na-gi-DE-nu KOL e-NOSH she-lo-MI sho-me-RE tsal-E

  4. sentence

    KI sha-MA-e-ti di-BAT ra-BIM ma-GOR mi-sa-VIV ha-GI-du ve-na-gi-DE-nu KOL e-NOSH she-lo-MI sho-me-RE tsal-E u-LAI ye-fu-TE ve-nu-kh-LA LO ve-nik-KHA nik-ma-TE-nu mi-ME-nu

Exegesis

The participial cluster kol enosh shelomi shomrei tzali {כֹּל אֱנוֹשׁ שְׁלוֹמִ֔י שֹׁמְרֵ֖י צַלְעִ֑י | kōl ʾĕ-nōš shə-lō-mî šōm-rê ṣal-ʿî} ‘all the men of my peace watching for my stumbling’ highlights intimate betrayal. The triadic sequence ulai yefuteh… venuchla…

Root and etymology

ש־ל־ם

completeness, peace

In contextJeremiah 20:10

For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side. “Report,” they say, “and let us report him.” All the men of my peace are waiting for my stumbling, saying, “Perhaps he will be enticed, and we can prevail against him, and we will take our vengeance from him.”

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 20:10:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Jeremiah 20:10, so the Hebrew word שְׁלוֹמִ֔י (shelomi) 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.20.10.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.10.W11.S1) and character.