Jeremiah 15:18:4Jer.15.18.W4TAB
נֶ֔צַח
netsakh
“enduring or perpetual”
- Transliteration
- NE-tsakh
- Extended
- NEH-tsahkh
- IPA
- /ˈnɛ.tsɑħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- enduring or perpetual
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
NE-tsakh
- clause
LA-ma ha-YA khe-E-VI NE-tsakh u-ma-KA-ti a-NU-sha
- sentence
LA-ma ha-YA khe-E-VI NE-tsakh u-ma-KA-ti a-NU-sha me-a-NA he-ra-FE ha-YO ti-he-YE LI kmo akh-ZAV MA-yim LO ne-e-MA-nu
Exegesis
The Qal perfect hayah {הָיָ֤ה | hā-yāh} with the construct ke'evi netsakh {כְאֵבִי֙ נֶ֔צַח | kə-ʼê-vî ne-ṣá-ḥ} expresses an ongoing state of unending pain.
In context — Jeremiah 15:18
Why has my pain been perpetual, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will You surely be to me like a deceptive brook , waters that are not trustworthy?
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 15:18, so the Hebrew word נֶ֔צַח (netsakh) 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.15.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.18.W4.S1) and character.