Jeremiah 15:3:9Jer.15.3.W9TAB
לִסְחֹ֑ב
liskhov
“to drag away”
- Transliteration
- lis-KHOV
- Extended
- lihs-KHOHV
- IPA
- /lisˈħoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to drag away
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
lis-KHOV
- clause
u-fa-KAD-ti a-le-HEM ar-BA mish-pe-KHO-t ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH et-ha-KHE-rev la-ha-ROG ve-et-ha-kla-VIM lis-KHOV
- sentence
u-fa-KAD-ti a-le-HEM ar-BA mish-pe-KHO-t ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH et-ha-KHE-rev la-ha-ROG ve-et-ha-kla-VIM lis-KHOV ve-et-OF ha-sha-MA-yim ve-et-be-he-MAT ha-A-rets le-e-KHOL u-le-hash-KHIT
Exegesis
A series of direct-object markers et {אֶת־ | ʾet} precedes each instrument, followed by infinitive constructs laharog {לַֽהֲרֹ֔ג | la-ha-rōg} ‘to kill,’ lischov {לִסְחֹב | li-sḥōv} ‘to drag away,’ le-ekhol {לֶאֱכֹ֥ל | le-ʾe-ḵōl} ‘to eat,’ and ule-hashchit {וּלְהַשְׁחִֽית | u-le-haš-ḥîṯ} ‘to destroy.’ Construct chains bird-of-the-heavens and beast-of-the-earth broaden the scope of the agents. The Hebrew word order places instruments before actions for rhetorical emphasis, preserved in the English enumeration.
In context — Jeremiah 15:3
And I will appoint over them four kinds , declares the LORD : the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth to eat and to destroy.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 15:3, so the Hebrew word לִסְחֹ֑ב (liskhov) 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.15.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.3.W9.S1) and character.