Jeremiah 22:23:7Jer.22.23.W7TAB
מַה־נֵּחַנְתְּ֙
manekhant
“how you will be pitied”
- Transliteration
- ma-NE-khanT
- Extended
- mah-NEH-khahnt
- IPA
- /mah.neːˈħant/
Meaning by language
- English
- how you will be pitied
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-NE-khanT
- clause
ma-NE-khanT be-VO-LAKH kha-va-LIM KHIL ka-yo-LE-da
- sentence
ya-SHAV-ti yo-SHAVT bal-le-va-NON me-ku-NAN-ti me-kun-NANT ba-a-ra-ZIM ma-NE-khanT be-VO-LAKH kha-va-LIM KHIL ka-yo-LE-da
Exegesis
The interrogative mah-nekhant {מַה־נֵּחַנְתְּ | mah-nê-ḥăn-t} ‘how will you be pitied’ introduces ironic judgment.
In context — Jeremiah 22:23
You who dwell in Lebanon , who nest in the cedars, how pitiful you will be when pangs come upon you—pain like a woman in labor!
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 22:23, so the Hebrew word מַה־נֵּחַנְתְּ֙ (manekhant) 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.22.23.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.23.W7.S1) and character.