Jeremiah 14:16:7Jer.14.16.W7TAB
בְּחֻצ֨וֹת
bekhutsot
“in the streets of”
- Transliteration
- be-khu-TSOT
- Extended
- beh-khuh-TSOHT
- IPA
- /bəħuˈtsoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the streets of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
be-khu-TSOT
- phraseyour reading level
yih-YU mush-la-KHIM be-khu-TSOT ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- clause
ve-ha-AM a-SHER-HE-ma niv-be-IM la-HEM yih-YU mush-la-KHIM be-khu-TSOT ye-ru-sha-LA-im mip-ne ha-ra-AV ve-ha-KHE-rev ve-EN me-ka-BER la-HE-ma HE-ma ne-she-HEM u-ve-ne-HEM u-ve-no-te-HEM
- sentence
ve-ha-AM a-SHER-HE-ma niv-be-IM la-HEM yih-YU mush-la-KHIM be-khu-TSOT ye-ru-sha-LA-im mip-ne ha-ra-AV ve-ha-KHE-rev ve-EN me-ka-BER la-HE-ma HE-ma ne-she-HEM u-ve-ne-HEM u-ve-no-te-HEM ve-sha-fakh-TI a-le-HEM et-ra-a-TAM
Exegesis
The Pual participle mushlakhim {מֻשְלָכִים | muš-ša-lā-khîm} ‘cast out’ indicates involuntary expulsion, and the locative bechutsot yerushalayim {בְּחֻצוֹת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם | bə-ḥu-ṣōṯ yĕ-rū-šā-layim} ‘in the streets of Jerusalem’ sets a scene of public disgrace.
In context — Jeremiah 14:16
And the people to whom they prophesy will be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword, with none to bury them—their wives, their sons, or their daughters. And I will pour out upon them their evil .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 14:16, so the Hebrew word בְּחֻצ֨וֹת (bekhutsot) 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.14.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.16.W7.S1) and character.