Jeremiah 20:4:9Jer.20.4.W9TAB
וּלְכָל־אֹהֲבֶ֗יךָ
ulekhalohavekha
“and to all your friends or lovers”
- Transliteration
- u-le-khal-o-ha-VE-kha
- Extended
- oo-leh-khaal-oh-hah-VEH-khaa
- IPA
- /uːləχɔl.ʔoːhăvɛˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to all your friends or lovers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-le-khal-o-ha-VE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
le-KHA u-le-khal-o-ha-VE-kha
- 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.”
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–heh–bet
“to love, befriend”
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 20:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 20:4, so the Hebrew word וּלְכָל־אֹהֲבֶ֗יךָ (ulekhalohavekha) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.4.W9.S1) and character.