Jeremiah 18:15:4Jer.18.15.W4TAB
יְקַטֵּ֑רוּ
yekatteru
“they make incense offerings”
- Transliteration
- ye-kat-TE-ru
- Extended
- yeh-kaht-TEE-roo
- IPA
- /jəqatˈtˤeːruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they make incense offerings
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-kat-TE-ru
- phraseyour reading level
la-SHAV ye-kat-TE-ru
- clause
ki-she-KHE-khu-ni a-MI la-SHAV ye-kat-TE-ru
- sentence
ki-she-KHE-khu-ni a-MI la-SHAV ye-kat-TE-ru va-yakh-shi-LUM be-dar-KHE-hem she-vi-LE o-LAM la-LE-khet ne-ti-VOT DE-rekh LO se-lu-LA
Exegesis
wa-yaḵšîlûm {יְקַטֵּרוּ … וַיַּכְשִׁלוּם | ye-qaṭ-tē-ru … wa-yaḵ-šî-lûm} links the act of offering with its consequence, stumbling.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–tet–resh
“to burn incense”
In context — Jeremiah 18:15
Because My people have forgotten Me , they burn incense to emptiness and have caused them to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths—to walk in byways on a road not built up.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 18:15, so the Hebrew word יְקַטֵּ֑רוּ (yekatteru) 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.18.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.15.W4.S1) and character.