Jeremiah 17:10:3Jer.17.10.W3TAB
חֹקֵ֥ר
khoker
“searching”
- Transliteration
- kho-KER
- Extended
- khoh-KEER
- IPA
- /ħoːˈqeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- searching
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
kho-KER
- phraseyour reading level
kho-KER LEV
- clause
a-NI ye-ho-VAH kho-KER LEV bo-KHEN ke-la-YOT
- sentence
a-NI ye-ho-VAH kho-KER LEV bo-KHEN ke-la-YOT ve-la-TET le-ISH ke-dar-KHO kid-ra-KHAV kif-RI ma-a-la-LAV
Exegesis
Two Qal participles, choker {חֹקֵר | ḥō-qēr} “searching” and bochen {בֹּחֵן | bō-ḥēn} “examining,” describe continuous action directed at lev {לֵב | lēḇ} “heart” and kelayot {כְּלָיוֹת | kə-lā-yōṯ} “innermost being.”
Root and etymology
ḥ-q-rchet–qof–resh
“to search out, investigate”
In context — Jeremiah 17:10
I, the LORD , search the heart and examine the innermost being , to give to each person according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 17:10, so the Hebrew word חֹקֵ֥ר (khoker) 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.17.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.10.W3.S1) and character.