Jeremiah 21:5:1Jer.21.5.W1TAB
וְנִלְחַמְתִּ֤י
venilkhamti
“and I will fight”
- Transliteration
- ve-nil-kham-TI
- Extended
- veh-nihl-khahm-THEE
- IPA
- /vənil.ħamˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will fight
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-nil-kham-TI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-nil-kham-TI a-NI
- clause
ve-nil-kham-TI a-NI it-te-KHEM be-YAD ne-tu-YA u-viz-ro-A kha-za-KA
- sentence
ve-nil-kham-TI a-NI it-te-KHEM be-YAD ne-tu-YA u-viz-ro-A kha-za-KA u-ve-AF u-ve-khe-MA u-ve-KE-tsef ga-DOL
Exegesis
The verse opens with the Niphal perfect nilhamti {וְנִלְחַמְתִּ֤י | wə-nil-ḥam-tî} ‘and I will fight’ followed by the independent pronoun ani {אֲנִי | ʾa-nî} ‘I’, foregrounding divine agency.
In context — Jeremiah 21:5
I will myself wage war against you with an outstretched hand and a powerful arm, in anger and in fury and in great wrath .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 21:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 21:5, so the Hebrew word וְנִלְחַמְתִּ֤י (venilkhamti) 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.21.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.5.W1.S1) and character.