Jeremiah 14:8:10Jer.14.8.W10TAB
וּכְאֹרֵ֖חַ
ukheoreakh
“and like a traveler”
- Transliteration
- u-khe-O-re-akh
- Extended
- oo-kheh-OH-reh-akh
- IPA
- /uː.kəʔoːˈreː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and like a traveler
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
u-khe-O-re-akh
- clause
LA-ma tih-HE-ye ke-GER ba-A-rets u-khe-O-re-akh na-TA la-LUN
- sentence
mik-VE yis-ra-EL mo-shi-O be-ET tsa-RA LA-ma tih-HE-ye ke-GER ba-A-rets u-khe-O-re-akh na-TA la-LUN
Exegesis
Two comparative similes—keger {כְּגֵר | kə-gēr} ‘like a stranger’ and ukoreach {וּכְאֹרֵחַ | û-kə-’ō-rē-aḥ} ‘and like a traveler’—form parallel structure, further elaborated by the participial clause nātāh lālûn {נָטָה לָלוּן | nā-ṭāh lā-lûn} ‘who turns aside to lodge’, which conveys transience. This construction contrasts Israel’s anticipated divine protection with the stark sense of alienation, intensifying the rhetorical pathos.
In context — Jeremiah 14:8
Hope of Israel, his Savior in time of trouble, why should You be like a stranger in the land, and like a traveler who turns aside to lodge?
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 14:8, so the Hebrew word וּכְאֹרֵ֖חַ (ukheoreakh) 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.14.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.8.W10.S1) and character.