Jeremiah 22:14:2Jer.22.14.W2TAB
אֶבְנֶה־לִּי֙
eveneli
“I will build for myself”
- Transliteration
- e-ve-NE-LI
- Extended
- eh-veh-NEH-LIH
- IPA
- /ʔɛvˈnɛl.liː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will build for myself
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
e-ve-NE-LI
- clause
ha-o-MER e-ve-NE-LI BET mi-DOT va-a-li-YOT me-ru-va-KHIM
- sentence
ha-o-MER e-ve-NE-LI BET mi-DOT va-a-li-YOT me-ru-va-KHIM ve-ka-RA LO kha-lo-NAY ve-sa-FUN ba-A-rez u-ma-SHO-akh ba-sha-SHAR
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect evneh-li {אֶבְנֶה־לִּ֙י | ʾev-něh-lī} ‘I will build for myself’ expresses first person intention, foregrounding personal ambition.
In context — Jeremiah 22:14
The one who says, “I will build myself a house of great dimensions and spacious upper rooms, and he cuts out windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion .”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 22:14, so the Hebrew word אֶבְנֶה־לִּי֙ (eveneli) 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.22.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.14.W2.S1) and character.