Jeremiah 20:4:5Jer.20.4.W5TAB

הִנְנִי֩

hinneni

“behold, I”

Transliteration: hin-ne-NI
Extended: hihn-neh-NEE
IPA: /hin.niːˈniː/

Meaning by language

English: behold, I

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

הִ + נְ + נִי֩

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hin + ne + ni

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hinneni

Alphabet Analysis

	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Nun	n as in new
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Nun	n as in new
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

word
hin-ne-NI
phraseyour reading level
hin-ne-NI no-TEN-kha le-ma-GOR
clause
KI KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH hin-ne-NI no-TEN-kha le-ma-GOR le-KHA u-le-khal-o-ha-VE-kha ve-na-FLU be-KHE-rev o-ye-VE-hem ve-e-NE-kha ro-OT
sentence
KI KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH hin-ne-NI no-TEN-kha le-ma-GOR le-KHA u-le-khal-o-ha-VE-kha ve-na-FLU be-KHE-rev o-ye-VE-hem ve-e-NE-kha ro-OT ve-et-kal-ye-hu-DA e-TEN be-YAD ME-lekh-ba-VEL ve-hig-LAM ba-ve-LA ve-hi-KAM be-KHA-rev

Exegesis

The phrase hinnēnî nōṯēn-khā {הִנְנִי נֹתֶנְךָ | hinnēnî nōṯēn-khā}, “behold, I am giving you,” leads into two purpose constructions with lə-māgôr lə-ḵā {לְמָגוֹר לְךָ | lə-māgôr lə-ḵā} “to terror for yourself” and the parallel û-lə-ḵāl-’ōhăḇê-khā {וּלְכָל־אֹהֲבֶיךָ | û-lə-ḵāl-’ōhăḇê-khā} “and to all your friends.”

In context — Jeremiah 20:4

For thus says the LORD , “Behold, I am making you a terror to yourself and to all your friends ; and they will fall by the sword of their enemies as you watch. All of Judah I will give into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will exile them to Babylon and strike them down with the sword.”

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 20:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 20:4, so the Hebrew word הִנְנִי֩ (hinneni) 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.20.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.4.W5.S1) and character.

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