Jeremiah 21:13:8Jer.21.13.W8TAB
הָאֹֽמְרִים֙
haomerim
“the ones saying”
- Transliteration
- ha-o-me-RIM
- Extended
- haa-oh-meh-REEM
- IPA
- /haːʔoməˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the ones saying
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-o-me-RIM
- clause
ha-o-me-RIM mi-ye-KHAT a-LE-nu u-MI ya-VO bim-a-vo-no-TE-nu
- sentence
hin-NE e-LA-yikh yo-SHE-vet ha-E-mek TSUR ham-mi-SHOR ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH ha-o-me-RIM mi-ye-KHAT a-LE-nu u-MI ya-VO bim-a-vo-no-TE-nu
Exegesis
The participle ha-omrim {הָאֹמְרִים | hā-ʾōm-rîm} introduces the addressee’s arrogant questions, using the interrogative mi-yechat {מִי־יֵחַת | mî-yē-ḥat} ‘who will descend’ with aleinu {עָלֵינוּ | ʿā-lē-nû} ‘upon us,’ followed by u-mi {וּמִי | û-mî} ‘and who’ plus yavo {יָב֖וֹא | yā-ḇōʾ} ‘will enter’ with bime'onoteinu {בִּמְעוֹנוֹתֵינוּ | bi-mə-ʿō-nō-ṯê-nû} ‘in our dwellings.’ The rhetorical structure highlights irony: despite their boast of impregnable terraces, YHWH’s opposition overturns their confidence.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — Jeremiah 21:13
Behold, I am against you, inhabitant of the valley, rock of the plain—declares the LORD —you who say, “Who will descend against us, and who will enter our dwellings ?”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 21:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 21:13, so the Hebrew word הָאֹֽמְרִים֙ (haomerim) 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.21.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.13.W8.S1) and character.