Jeremiah 20:7:10Jer.20.7.W10TAB
לֹעֵ֥ג
loeg
“mocking or mocking one”
- Transliteration
- lo-EG
- Extended
- loh-EEG
- IPA
- /loːˈʕeːɣ/
Meaning by language
- English
- mocking or mocking one
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Gimel | g as in good |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-EG
- phraseyour reading level
lo-EG LI
- clause
ha-YI-ti li-se-KHOK kal-ha-YOM ku-lo lo-EG LI
- sentence
pi-ti-TA-ni ye-ho-VAH va-e-PA-t kha-zak-TA-ni va-tu-KHAL ha-YI-ti li-se-KHOK kal-ha-YOM ku-lo lo-EG LI
Exegesis
The participle loʿeg {לֹעֵ֥ג | lōʿēg} in kullo loʿeg lī ‘everyone mocks me’ widens the scene to communal scorn. The structured progression from divine action to human consequence informs the English parallelism and transitions.
Root and etymology
ל–ע–ג
“to mock, deride”
In context — Jeremiah 20:7
You have deceived me, O LORD , and I was deceived; You have prevailed over me, and You have overcome. I have become a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 20:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 20:7, so the Hebrew word לֹעֵ֥ג (loeg) 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.20.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.7.W10.S1) and character.