Hosea 13:9:1Hos.13.9.W1TAB
שִֽׁחֶתְךָ֖
shikhetkha
“he has destroyed you”
- Transliteration
- shi-KHET-kha
- Extended
- shih-KHEHT-khaa
- IPA
- /ʃiˈħɛt.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he has destroyed you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shi-KHET-kha
- clause
shi-KHET-kha yis-ra-EL
- sentence
shi-KHET-kha yis-ra-EL KI-VI ve-EZ-re-kha
Exegesis
The verse opens with shikhetkha {שִׁחֶתְךָ֥ | šiḥeṯḵā} ‘he has destroyed you,’ a finite verb with an explicit second-person object suffix, placing Israel in the role of the devastated party while leaving the agent implicit (understood from context as Israel’s own course of sin and its consequences).
Root and etymology
consonantsShin–Chet–Tav
“to ruin, destroy”
In context — Hosea 13:9
It has ruined you, O Israel, for you are against Me—against your Help.
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Hosea 13:9, so the Hebrew word שִֽׁחֶתְךָ֖ (shikhetkha) 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.13.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.9.W1.S1) and character.