Hosea 13:3:10Hos.13.3.W10TAB
וּכְעָשָׁ֖ן
ukhashan
“and like smoke”
- Transliteration
- u-kha-SHAN
- Extended
- oo-khah-SHAAN
- IPA
- /uːχəʕaːˈʃaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and like smoke
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-kha-SHAN
- phraseyour reading level
mi-go-REN u-kha-SHAN
- clause
ke-MOTS ye-so-ER mi-go-REN u-kha-SHAN me-a-ru-BA
- sentence
la-KHEN yih-HE-YU ke-a-NAN-BO-ker ve-kha-TAL mash-KIM ho-LEKH ke-MOTS ye-so-ER mi-go-REN u-kha-SHAN me-a-ru-BA
Exegesis
Finally, uke‘ashan me’arubah {וּכְעָשָׁן מֵאֲרֻבָּה | wə-ʿā-šān mē-ʾā-rū-bā} ‘and like smoke from a window’ completes the series. The waw conjunction links the four images in parallel, reinforcing the theme of fleeting existence.
In context — Hosea 13:3
Therefore they will be like a morning cloud and like the dew that goes early away, like chaff driven from the threshing floor and like smoke from a window.
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Hosea 13:3, so the Hebrew word וּכְעָשָׁ֖ן (ukhashan) 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 Hos.13.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.3.W10.S1) and character.