Lamentations 4:7:5Lam.4.7.W5TAB
מֵחָלָ֑ב
mekhalav
“than milk”
- Transliteration
- me-kha-LAV
- Extended
- mee-khaa-LAAV
- IPA
- /meːħaˈlaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- than milk
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-kha-LAV
- clause
za-KU ne-zi-RE-ha mi-she-LEG tsa-KHU me-kha-LAV
- sentence
za-KU ne-zi-RE-ha mi-she-LEG tsa-KHU me-kha-LAV ad-MU E-tsem mi-pe-ni-NIM sa-PIR giz-ra-TAM
Exegesis
It employs an alphabetical acrostic and repeats the comparative preposition min {מִן | min} ‘from’ in misheleg {מִשֶּׁ֔לֶג | miš-šé-leḡ} ‘snow,’ mechalav {מֵחָלָ֑ב | mê-ḥā-lāḇ} ‘milk,’ mipninim {מִפְּנִינִ֔ים | mip-pə-nî-nîm} ‘pearls.’
In context — Lamentations 4:7
Her Nazirites were purer than snow, whiter than milk; their body was more ruddy than jewels, and their appearance was like sapphire.
About this coordinate
Lamentations 4:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Lamentations 4:7, so the Hebrew word מֵחָלָ֑ב (mekhalav) 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 Lam.4.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lam.4.7.W5.S1) and character.