Jeremiah 20:18:3Jer.20.18.W3TAB
מֵרֶ֣חֶם
merekhem
“from a womb”
- Transliteration
- me-RE-khem
- Extended
- mee-REH-khehm
- IPA
- /meːˈrɛ.ħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from a womb
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-RE-khem
- phraseyour reading level
me-RE-khem ya-TSA-ti
- clause
LA-ma ZE me-RE-khem ya-TSA-ti lir-e-OT a-MAL ve-ya-GON
- sentence
LA-ma ZE me-RE-khem ya-TSA-ti lir-e-OT a-MAL ve-ya-GON va-yikh-LU be-VO-shet ya-MAI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase merechem {מֵרֶ֣חֶם | mē-re-ḥem} ‘from womb’ marks origin.
Root and etymology
r-ḥ-mresh–ḥet–mem
“womb”
In context — Jeremiah 20:18
Why did I come forth from the womb to see labor and sorrow, and to have my days consumed in shame ?
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 20:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 20:18, so the Hebrew word מֵרֶ֣חֶם (merekhem) 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.20.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.18.W3.S1) and character.