Jeremiah 13:11:7Jer.13.11.W7TAB

הִדְבַּ֣קְתִּי

hidbakti

I caused to cling

Transliteration
hid-bak-TI
Extended
hihd-bahk-TEE
IPA
/hidbaqˈtiː/

Meaning by language

English
I caused to cling

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הִדְ + בַּ֣קְ + תִּי
hid + bak + ti
hidbakti

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Daletd as in door
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    hid-bak-TI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KEN hid-bak-TI E-lai

  3. clause

    KI ka-a-SHER yid-BAK ha-e-ZOR el-ma-te-NEI-ISH KEN hid-bak-TI E-lai et-kol-BET yis-ra-EL ve-et-kol-BET ye-hu-DA ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH li-he-YOT LI le-AM u-le-SHEM ve-lit-hi-LA u-le-tif-a-RET

  4. sentence

    KI ka-a-SHER yid-BAK ha-e-ZOR el-ma-te-NEI-ISH KEN hid-bak-TI E-lai et-kol-BET yis-ra-EL ve-et-kol-BET ye-hu-DA ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH li-he-YOT LI le-AM u-le-SHEM ve-lit-hi-LA u-le-tif-a-RET ve-LO sha-ME-u

Exegesis

The Hiphil verb hidbaqti {הִדְבַּקְתִּי | hid-baq-tî} denotes divine causation in creating this bond.

Root and etymology

RootDalet–Bet–Qof

to cling

In contextJeremiah 13:11

"For just as the girdle clings to the loins of a man, so I caused to cling to Me all the house of Israel and all the house of Judah," declares the LORD , "to become for Me a people, and for a name, and for praise, and for glory; but they would not listen ."

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 13:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 13:11, so the Hebrew word הִדְבַּ֣קְתִּי (hidbakti) 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.13.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.11.W7.S1) and character.