Jeremiah 22:17:6Jer.22.17.W6TAB
אִם־עַל־בִּצְעֶ֑ךָ
imalbitseekha
“only on your unjust gain”
- Transliteration
- im-al-BIT-se-e-kha
- Extended
- ihm-al-BIHT-seh-eh-khaa
- IPA
- /ʔim.ʕal.biˈtsʕɛxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- only on your unjust gain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-al-BIT-se-e-kha
- clause
KI EN e-NE-kha ve-LIB-be-kha KI im-al-BIT-se-e-kha
- sentence
KI EN e-NE-kha ve-LIB-be-kha KI im-al-BIT-se-e-kha ve-AL dam-ha-na-KI lish-POKH ve-al-ha-O-shekh ve-al-ham-me-RU-tsa la-a-SOT
Exegesis
The emphatic phrase kî ʾim–ʿal {כִּי אִם־עַל | kî ʾim–ʿal} means ‘only for.’
A sequence of prepositional phrases introduced by wə-ʿal {וְעַל | wə-ʿal} enumerates each object of misplaced focus: biṣ-ʿe-khā {בִּצְעֶךָ | biṣ-ʿe-khā} ‘your gain,’ dām han-nā-qî {דַּם־הַנָּקִי | dam han-nā-qî} ‘innocent blood,’ hā-ʿō-šeq {הָעֹשֶׁק | hā-ʿō-šeq} ‘oppression,’ and ham-mə-rû-ṣāh {הַמְּרוּצָה | ham-mə-rû-ṣāh} ‘violence.’
In context — Jeremiah 22:17
For your eyes and your heart are fixed only on selfish gain and on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and on violence.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jeremiah 22:17, so the Hebrew word אִם־עַל־בִּצְעֶ֑ךָ (imalbitseekha) 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.22.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.17.W6.S1) and character.