Jeremiah 20:10:16Jer.20.10.W16TAB

וְנ֣וּכְלָה

venukhla

and we can prevail

Transliteration
ve-nu-kh-LA
Extended
veh-noo-kheh-LAA
IPA
/vənuxˈlaː/

Meaning by language

English
and we can prevail

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + נ֣וּ + כְ + לָה
ve + nu + kh + la
venukhla

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-nu-kh-LA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-nu-kh-LA LO

  3. clause

    u-LAI ye-fu-TE ve-nu-kh-LA LO ve-nik-KHA nik-ma-TE-nu mi-ME-nu

  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…

venikcha {אוּלַי יְפֻתֶּה…וְנ֣וּכְלָה…וְנִקְחָ֥ה | ʾû-lay yə-phut-teh…wə-nûḵ-lā(h)…wə-niq-ḥāh} ‘perhaps he will be enticed… and we will prevail… and let us take’ creates a progression from enticement to conquest to vengeance, heightening dramatic tension.

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 20:10:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Jeremiah 20:10, so the Hebrew word וְנ֣וּכְלָה (venukhla) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.10.W16.S1) and character.