Jeremiah 18:15:5Jer.18.15.W5TAB
וַיַּכְשִׁל֤וּם
vayakhshilum
“and they have caused them to stumble”
- Transliteration
- va-yakh-shi-LUM
- Extended
- vah-yahkh-shih-LUUM
- IPA
- /vaj.jaxʃiˈluːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they have caused them to stumble
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yakh-shi-LUM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yakh-shi-LUM be-dar-KHE-hem
- clause
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
- 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.
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 18:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 18:15, so the Hebrew word וַיַּכְשִׁל֤וּם (vayakhshilum) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.15.W5.S1) and character.