Jeremiah 22:8:10Jer.22.8.W10TAB
עַל־מֶ֨ה
alme
“for what? or why?”
- Transliteration
- al-ME
- Extended
- ahl-MEH
- IPA
- /ʕalˈmɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for what? or why?
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ME
- phraseyour reading level
al-ME a-SA Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-a-me-RU ISH el-re-E-HU al-ME a-SA Ye-ho-VAH ka-KHA la-IR hag-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT
- sentence
ve-a-ve-RU go-YIM ra-BIM AL ha-IR ha-ZOT ve-a-me-RU ISH el-re-E-HU al-ME a-SA Ye-ho-VAH ka-KHA la-IR hag-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT
Exegesis
The interrogative `al-meh {עַל־מֶה | ʿal-meh} ‘why’ frames the inquiry about divine causality, immediately followed by `asah {עָשָׂה | ʿāśāh} ‘has done’ with `YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} ‘LORD’ as subject.
In context — Jeremiah 22:8
And many nations will pass over this city, and each man will say to his neighbor, "Why has the LORD done thus to this great city ?"
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 22:8, so the Hebrew word עַל־מֶ֨ה (alme) 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.22.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.8.W10.S1) and character.