Jeremiah 23:35:7Jer.23.35.W7TAB
מֶה־עָנָ֣ה
meana
“what has answered”
- Transliteration
- me-a-NA
- Extended
- meh-ah-NAA
- IPA
- /mɛh.ʕaːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what has answered
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
me-a-NA
- phraseyour reading level
me-a-NA Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
me-a-NA Ye-ho-VAH u-ma-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
KO to-me-RU ISH al-re-E-hu ve-ISH el-a-KHIv me-a-NA Ye-ho-VAH u-ma-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The interrogative pronouns meh {מֶה־ | mēh} and u-ma {וּמַה | û-māh} precede the perfect verbs anah {עָנָה | ʿā-nāh} and dibber {דִּבֶּר | dib-bēr}, forming parallel questions of response and speech.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–nun–heh
“to answer”
In context — Jeremiah 23:35
Thus you shall say, each man to his neighbor and each man to his brother, “What did the LORD answer? And what did the LORD speak?”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:35:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 23:35, so the Hebrew word מֶה־עָנָ֣ה (meana) 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.23.35.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.35.W7.S1) and character.