Jeremiah 20:16:4Jer.20.16.W4TAB
כֶּֽעָרִ֛ים
kearim
“like cities”
- Transliteration
- ke-a-RIM
- Extended
- keh-aa-REEM
- IPA
- /kɛʕaːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- like cities
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
ke-a-RIM
- clause
ve-ha-YA ha-ISH ha-HU ke-a-RIM a-sher-ha-FAKH ye-ho-VAH ve-LO ni-KHAM
- 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
The simile ke'arim {כֶּעָרִים | ke-ʿārîm} ‘like cities’ introduces a metaphor of destruction, completed by the relative clause asher-hafakh YHWH {אֲשֶׁר־הָפַךְ יְהוָה | ʾă-šer-hā-p̄aḵ Yə-hō-wāh}, where verb-subject order emphasizes divine agency.
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 20:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 20:16, so the Hebrew word כֶּֽעָרִ֛ים (kearim) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.16.W4.S1) and character.