Jeremiah 17:18:7Jer.17.18.W7TAB
וְאַל־אֵחַ֖תָּה
vealekhata
“but let me not be dismayed”
- Transliteration
- ve-AL-e-KHA-ta
- Extended
- veh-AL-ee-KHAH-tah
- IPA
- /vəʔal.ʔeːħatˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but let me not be dismayed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-AL-e-KHA-ta
- clause
ye-VO-SHU ro-de-FAI ve-AL-e-VO-sha a-NI ye-KHA-TO HE-ma ve-AL-e-KHA-ta a-NI
- sentence
ye-VO-SHU ro-de-FAI ve-AL-e-VO-sha a-NI ye-KHA-TO HE-ma ve-AL-e-KHA-ta a-NI ha-VI a-le-HEM YOM ra-A u-mish-NE shi-ba-RON shav-REM
Exegesis
The pairs yevoshu {יֵבֹשׁוּ | yē-bō-šû} ‘let them be put to shame’ versus evoshah {אֵבֹשָׁה | ʾē-bō-šāh} ‘let me be put to shame,’ and yechattu {יֵחַתּוּ | yē-ḥat-tû} ‘let them be dismayed’ versus echettah {אֵחַתָּה | ʾe-ḥat-tāh} ‘let me be dismayed’ heighten the contrast.
In context — Jeremiah 17:18
Let my pursuers be put to shame, but let me not be put to shame . Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed . Bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 17:18, so the Hebrew word וְאַל־אֵחַ֖תָּה (vealekhata) 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.17.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.18.W7.S1) and character.