Jeremiah 23:8:4Jer.23.8.W4TAB

הֶעֱלָה֩

heela

brought up

Transliteration
he-e-LA
Extended
heh-eh-LAA
IPA
/hɛ.ʕɛˈlaː/

Meaning by language

English
brought up

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Result
הֶ + עֱ + לָה֩
he + e + la
heela

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    he-e-LA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER he-e-LA va-a-SHER he-VI

  3. clause

    KI im-KHAI-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA va-a-SHER he-VI et-ZE-ra BET yis-ra-EL me-E-rets tsa-FO-na u-mik-KOL ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER hi-DAKH-tim SHAM

  4. sentence

    KI im-KHAI-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA va-a-SHER he-VI et-ZE-ra BET yis-ra-EL me-E-rets tsa-FO-na u-mik-KOL ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER hi-DAKH-tim SHAM ve-yash-VU al-ad-ma-TAM

Exegesis

Two relative clauses follow, each introduced by ăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer}, highlighting divine action with Hiphil perfect verbs hēʿelāh {הֶעֱלָה | hē-ʿĕ-lâh} “brought up” and hēvîʾ {הֵבִיא | hē-ḇîʾ} “led,” underscoring God’s deliverance from mê-ʾereṣ ṣāpōnāh û-mikkōl hā-ʾărāṣōt.

Root and etymology

ʿ-l-hayin–lamed–heh

to ascend, bring up

In contextJeremiah 23:8

Rather, as long as the LORD lives—He who raised up and guided the seed of the house of Israel from the land of the north and from every region to which I had driven them—they shall reside in their own land.

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 23:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 23:8, so the Hebrew word הֶעֱלָה֩ (heela) 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.23.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.8.W4.S1) and character.