Jeremiah 20:14:8Jer.20.14.W8TAB
אִמִּ֖י
imi
“my mother”
- Transliteration
- i-MI
- Extended
- ih-MEE
- IPA
- /ʔimˈmiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my mother
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
i-MI
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-ye-LA-dat-ni i-MI
- clause
YOM a-sher-ye-LA-dat-ni i-MI al-ye-HI ba-RUKH
- sentence
a-RUR ha-YOM a-SHER yu-LAD-ti BO YOM a-sher-ye-LA-dat-ni i-MI al-ye-HI ba-RUKH
Exegesis
A parallel clause yom asher-yeladatni immi {יוֹם אֲשֶׁר־יְלָדַתְנִי אִמִּי | yōm ʾă-šer-yə-la-daṯ-nî ʾim-mî} ‘the day that my mother bore me’ uses the Qal perfect for active voice.
In context — Jeremiah 20:14
Cursed be the day on which I was born; let not the day that my mother bore me be blessed.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 20:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 20:14, so the Hebrew word אִמִּ֖י (imi) 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.20.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.14.W8.S1) and character.