Jeremiah 20:5:15Jer.20.5.W15TAB
וּלְקָח֔וּם
ulekakhum
“and they will take them”
- Transliteration
- u-le-ka-KHUM
- Extended
- oo-leh-qaa-KHOOM
- IPA
- /uːləqɑːˈħuːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will take them
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-le-ka-KHUM
- clause
ve-ET KOL-o-tsE-rot mal-KHE ye-hu-DA et-TEN be-YAD o-ye-VE-hem u-ve-za-ZUM u-le-ka-KHUM ve-he-vi-UM ba-VE-la
- sentence
ve-na-TAT-ti et-KOL-KHO-sen ha-IR ha-ZOT ve-et-KOL-ye-gi-AH ve-et-KOL-ye-ka-RA ve-ET KOL-o-tsE-rot mal-KHE ye-hu-DA et-TEN be-YAD o-ye-VE-hem u-ve-za-ZUM u-le-ka-KHUM ve-he-vi-UM ba-VE-la
Exegesis
A tricolon of perfect verbs ū-və-zā-zūm, ū-lə-qā-ḥūm, və-hĕ-ḇî-ʾūm {וּבְזָזוּם, וּלְקָחוּם, וֶהֱבִיאוּם | ū-və-zā-zūm, ū-lə-qā-ḥūm, və-hĕ-ḇî-ʾūm} “and they plundered, and they took, and they brought” underscores the completeness of the spoil.
In context — Jeremiah 20:5
And I will give all the resources of this city, all its gains, all its precious things, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hands of their enemies, and they will plunder them, take them, and bring them to Babylon.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 20:5:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Jeremiah 20:5, so the Hebrew word וּלְקָח֔וּם (ulekakhum) 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.20.5.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.5.W15.S1) and character.