Jeremiah 23:14:10Jer.23.14.W10TAB
מְרֵעִ֔ים
mereim
“evildoers”
- Transliteration
- me-re-IM
- Extended
- meh-reh-EEM
- IPA
- /mə.reːˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- evildoers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-re-IM
- phraseyour reading level
ye-DE me-re-IM
- clause
u-vin-ve-e ye-ru-sha-LA-im ra-I-ti sha-a-ru-RA na-OF ve-ha-LO-kh ba-SHE-ker ve-khiz-ze-KU ye-DE me-re-IM le-vil-ti-SHA-vu ISH me-ra-a-TO
- sentence
u-vin-ve-e ye-ru-sha-LA-im ra-I-ti sha-a-ru-RA na-OF ve-ha-LO-kh ba-SHE-ker ve-khiz-ze-KU ye-DE me-re-IM le-vil-ti-SHA-vu ISH me-ra-a-TO ha-YU-li khu-LAM kis-DOM ve-yo-she-VE-ha ka-a-mo-RA
Root and etymology
r-ʿ-hresh–ʿayin–he
“to shepherd, tend”
In context — Jeremiah 23:14
And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a dreadful thing: they commit adultery and walk in deceit, and they bolster evildoers so that no one turns from his evil . All of them are to me like Sodom , and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:14:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 23:14, so the Hebrew word מְרֵעִ֔ים (mereim) 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.23.14.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.14.W10.S1) and character.