Jeremiah 23:15:5Jer.23.15.W5TAB
עַל־הַנְּבִאִ֔ים
alhaneviim
“concerning the prophets”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-ne-vi-IM
- Extended
- ahl-hah-neh-vih-EEM
- IPA
- /ʕal.han.nəviˈʔiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- concerning the prophets
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
al-ha-ne-vi-IM
- clause
la-KHEN ko-A-MAR ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT al-ha-ne-vi-IM hin-ne-NI ma-a-KHIL o-TAM la-a-NA ve-hish-ki-TIM me-ROSH
- sentence
la-KHEN ko-A-MAR ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT al-ha-ne-vi-IM hin-ne-NI ma-a-KHIL o-TAM la-a-NA ve-hish-ki-TIM me-ROSH KI me-ET ne-vi-E ye-ru-sha-LA-im ya-tse-A kha-nu-PA le-khol-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al hannevi’im {עַל־הַנְּבִאִים | ʿal han-nə-ḇī-ʾīm} ‘concerning the prophets’ sets the judgment’s focus.
In context — Jeremiah 23:15
Therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will give them wormwood for food and make them drink waters of poison, for from the prophets of Jerusalem profaneness has gone out to all the land.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 23:15, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַנְּבִאִ֔ים (alhaneviim) 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.23.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.15.W5.S1) and character.