Jeremiah 23:27:5Jer.23.27.W5TAB
בַּחֲל֣וֹמֹתָ֔ם
bakhalomotam
“in their dreams”
- Transliteration
- ba-kha-lo-mo-TAM
- Extended
- bah-khah-loh-moh-TAHM
- IPA
- /ba.ħăloːmoːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in their dreams
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ba-kha-lo-mo-TAM
- clause
ha-kho-she-VIM le-hash-KHI-akh et-a-MI she-MI ba-kha-lo-mo-TAM a-SHER ye-sa-pe-RU ISH le-re-E-HU
- sentence
ha-kho-she-VIM le-hash-KHI-akh et-a-MI she-MI ba-kha-lo-mo-TAM a-SHER ye-sa-pe-RU ISH le-re-E-HU ka-a-SHER sha-khe-KHU a-vo-TAM et-she-MI ba-BA-al
Exegesis
The phrase bachalomotam {בַּחֲל֣וֹמֹתָ֔ם | bə-ḥă-lō-mō-ṯām} ‘in their dreams’ identifies the medium, with the relative clause asher yesapperu {אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְסַפְּר֖וּ | ʾă-šer yə-sap-pə-rû} ‘that they tell’ specifying the deceptive speech between peers.
In context — Jeremiah 23:27
Those who plot to cause My people to forget My name through their dreams , which they tell one another, just as their fathers forgot My name for Baal.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 23:27, so the Hebrew word בַּחֲל֣וֹמֹתָ֔ם (bakhalomotam) 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.23.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.27.W5.S1) and character.