Lamentations 4:7:8Lam.4.7.W8TAB
מִפְּנִינִ֔ים
mipeninim
“than corals or pearls”
- Transliteration
- mi-pe-ni-NIM
- Extended
- mih-peh-nee-NEEM
- IPA
- /mip.niːˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- than corals or pearls
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-pe-ni-NIM
- clause
ad-MU E-tsem mi-pe-ni-NIM sa-PIR giz-ra-TAM
- 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 4:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Lamentations 4:7, so the Hebrew word מִפְּנִינִ֔ים (mipeninim) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lam.4.7.W8.S1) and character.