Jeremiah 24:1:14Jer.24.1.W14TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֡ל
melekhbavel
“king of Babylon”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-ba-VEL
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh-baa-VEL
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.lɛx.baːˈvɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of Babylon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh-ba-VEL
- phraseyour reading level
a-kha-REI hag-le-VOT ne-vu-khad-re-TSAR ME-lekh-ba-VEL
- clause
a-kha-REI hag-le-VOT ne-vu-khad-re-TSAR ME-lekh-ba-VEL et-ye-khan-YA-hu ven-ye-ho-ya-KIM ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA ve-et-sa-REI ye-hu-DA ve-et-he-kha-RASH ve-et-ham-mas-GER mi-ru-sha-LA-im va-ye-vi-EM ba-VEL
- sentence
hir-A-ni ye-ho-VAH ve-hin-NE she-NEI du-da-EI te-e-NIM mu-a-DIM lif-NEI he-KHAL ye-ho-VAH a-kha-REI hag-le-VOT ne-vu-khad-re-TSAR ME-lekh-ba-VEL et-ye-khan-YA-hu ven-ye-ho-ya-KIM ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA ve-et-sa-REI ye-hu-DA ve-et-he-kha-RASH ve-et-ham-mas-GER mi-ru-sha-LA-im va-ye-vi-EM ba-VEL
Exegesis
The temporal clause acharei haglôt {אַחֲרֵי הַגְלוֹת | ’aḥărê haglôt} “after the exile” introduces Nebuchadrezzar melekh-bavel {נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶל | nǝvūḥadreṣṣar mêlek bāvel} “Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.”
In context — Jeremiah 24:1
The LORD let me see, and look—two baskets of figs stood before the LORD’s temple after Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had taken Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, into exile from Jerusalem, along with the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and the smiths, and had brought them to Babylon.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 24:1:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Jeremiah 24:1, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֡ל (melekhbavel) 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.24.1.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.24.1.W14.S1) and character.