Jeremiah 22:3:14Jer.22.3.W14TAB
אַל־תֹּנוּ֙
altonu
“do not oppress”
- Transliteration
- al-TO-nu
- Extended
- ahl-TOH-noo
- IPA
- /ʔal.tːoːˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not oppress
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-TO-nu
- phraseyour reading level
ve-GER ya-TOM ve-al-ma-NA al-TO-nu
- clause
ve-GER ya-TOM ve-al-ma-NA al-TO-nu al-ta-khMO-su ve-DAM na-KI al-tish-pe-KHU ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE
- sentence
KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH a-SU mish-PA-t u-tse-da-KA ve-ha-TSI-lu ga-ZUL mi-YAD a-SHOK ve-GER ya-TOM ve-al-ma-NA al-TO-nu al-ta-khMO-su ve-DAM na-KI al-tish-pe-KHU ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
A sequence of imperatives—asu {עֲשׂ֤וּ | ʿa-sû} “do,” ve-hatsilu {וְהַצִּ֥ילוּ | wə-haṣ-ṣî-lû} “deliver,” al + tonu {אַל־תֹּנוּ֙ | ʾal-tō-nû} “do not oppress,” al + taḥmosu {אַל־תַּחְמֹ֔סוּ | ʾal-taḥ-mō-sû} “do not do violence,” and tishpeḵu {תִּשְׁפְּכ֖וּ | tiš-pə-ḵû} “spill”—provides ethical directives.
In context — Jeremiah 22:3
Thus says the LORD : "Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the hand of the oppressor. Do not oppress or do violence to the sojourner, the orphan , or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place."
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Jeremiah 22:3, so the Hebrew word אַל־תֹּנוּ֙ (altonu) 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.22.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.3.W14.S1) and character.