Jeremiah 17:5:7Jer.17.5.W7TAB
יִבְטַ֣ח
yivtakh
“trusts”
- Transliteration
- yiv-TAKH
- Extended
- yihv-TAHKH
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- trusts
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yiv-TAKH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER yiv-TAKH ba-a-DAM
- clause
KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH a-RUR ha-GE-ver a-SHER yiv-TAKH ba-a-DAM ve-SAM ba-SAR ze-RO-o
- sentence
KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH a-RUR ha-GE-ver a-SHER yiv-TAKH ba-a-DAM ve-SAM ba-SAR ze-RO-o u-min-ye-ho-VAH ya-SUR li-BO
Exegesis
A relative clause with asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘who’ contains two parallel verb phrases: yivtach {יִבְטַח | yibṭaḥ} ‘trusts’ + ba-adam {בָּאָדָם | bā-ʾādam} ‘in man’; and ve-sam {וְשָׂם | wə-sām} ‘and makes’ + basar {בָּשָׂר | bāsār} ‘flesh’ + zeroa'o {זְרֹע֑וֹ | zrōʿô} ‘his arm’, an idiom for human strength.
Root and etymology
Rootbeth–teth–ḥet
“to trust”
In context — Jeremiah 17:5
Thus says the LORD : “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his arm , and whose heart turns away from the LORD.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 17:5, so the Hebrew word יִבְטַ֣ח (yivtakh) 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.17.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.5.W7.S1) and character.