Jeremiah 20:16:14Jer.20.16.W14TAB
צָהֳרָֽיִם׃
tsoharayim
“noon”
- Transliteration
- tso-ha-RA-yim
- Extended
- tsaa-hoh-RAA-yihm
- IPA
- /tsɔːhɔ̆ˈraːjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- noon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Qamets | reduced 'oh' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
tso-ha-RA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
be-ET tso-ha-RA-yim
- clause
ve-sha-MA ze-a-KA ba-BO-ker u-te-ru-A be-ET tso-ha-RA-yim
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ha-ISH ha-HU ke-a-RIM a-sher-ha-FAKH ye-ho-VAH ve-LO ni-KHAM ve-sha-MA ze-a-KA ba-BO-ker u-te-ru-A be-ET tso-ha-RA-yim
Exegesis
Temporal markers baboker {בַּבֹּ֔קֶר | ba-bō-qer} ‘in the morning’ and be'et tsohorayim {בְּעֵ֥ת צָהֳרָיִם | bə-ʿēt ṣā-hō-ra-yim} ‘at midday’ frame a relentless daylong calamity in the Hebrew poetic structure.
In context — Jeremiah 20:16
And let that man be like the cities which the LORD overthrew and did not relent; and let him hear a cry in the morning and an alarm at midday.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 20:16:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Jeremiah 20:16, so the Hebrew word צָהֳרָֽיִם׃ (tsoharayim) 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.20.16.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.16.W14.S1) and character.