Jeremiah 17:23:4Jer.17.23.W4TAB
הִטּ֖וּ
hitu
“they inclined”
- Transliteration
- hi-TU
- Extended
- hih-TTOO
- IPA
- /hitːuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they inclined
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hi-TU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO hi-TU
- clause
ve-LO sha-me-U ve-LO hi-TU et-o-ZE-nam
- sentence
ve-LO sha-me-U ve-LO hi-TU et-o-ZE-nam va-yak-SHU et-ar-pe-AM le-vil-TI sho-me-a she-MO-a u-le-vil-TI ka-KHAT mu-SAR
Exegesis
The verse employs a triadic parallelism of negation clauses: the perfect forms in ve-lo shameu {וְלֹא שָׁמְעוּ | wə-lōʾ šā-mə-ʿû} ‘and did not hear’ and ve-lo hithu {וְלֹא הִטּוּ | wə-lōʾ hiṭ-ṭû} ‘and did not incline’, followed by the wayyiqtol vayakshu {וַיַּקְשׁוּ | way-yaq-šû} ‘and they stiffened’, which heightens resistance.
In context — Jeremiah 17:23
But they did not listen or incline their ear; rather, they stiffened their neck , so as not to hear or receive instruction .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 17:23, so the Hebrew word הִטּ֖וּ (hitu) 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.17.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.23.W4.S1) and character.