Jeremiah 20:8:11Jer.20.8.W11TAB

וּלְקֶ֖לֶ

ulekeles

“and for derision”

Transliteration: u-le-KE-les
Extended: oo-leh-KEH-lehs
IPA: /uːləˈqɛlɛs/

Meaning by language

English: and for derision

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וּ + לְ + קֶ֖ + לֶ

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u + le + ke + les

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ulekeles

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
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Lamed	l as in law
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met

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Word in context

word
u-le-KE-les
phraseyour reading level
le-kher-PA u-le-KE-les
clause
KI-ha-YA de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH LI le-kher-PA u-le-KE-les KAL-ha-YOM
sentence
KI-mid-DE a-da-BER e-ze-AK kha-MAS va-SHOD e-kra-A KI-ha-YA de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH LI le-kher-PA u-le-KE-les KAL-ha-YOM

Exegesis

The second ki {כִּי־ | kî} signals a result: hayah dvar-YHWH lī le-kherpah û-le-keles {הָיָה דְבַר־יְהוָה לִי לְחֶרְפָּה וּלְקֶלֶס | hā-yāh də-var YHWH lī lə-ḥerpāh û-lə-qeles}, where the divine message becomes Jeremiah’s reproach and derision.

In context — Jeremiah 20:8

For whenever I speak, I cry out; I call, “Violence and destruction!” For the word of the LORD has become for me reproach and derision all the day.

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 20:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Jeremiah 20:8, so the Hebrew word וּלְקֶ֖לֶ (ulekeles) 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.20.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.8.W11.S1) and character.

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