Jeremiah 18:20:2Jer.18.20.W2TAB
תַּֽחַת־טוֹבָה֙
takhattova
“in place of good”
- Transliteration
- TA-khat-to-VA
- Extended
- TAH-khaht-toh-VAA
- IPA
- /ˈtaħat.tˤoːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in place of good
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
TA-khat-to-VA
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ye-shu-LAM TA-khat-to-VA
- clause
ha-ye-shu-LAM TA-khat-to-VA ra-A KI-kha-RU shu-KHA le-naf-SHI
- sentence
ha-ye-shu-LAM TA-khat-to-VA ra-A KI-kha-RU shu-KHA le-naf-SHI ze-KHOR a-me-DI le-fa-NE-kha le-da-BER a-le-HEM to-VA le-ha-SHIV et-kha-MAT-kha me-HEM
Exegesis
The antithetical phrase ta-hat-to-vah ra-ah {תַּֽחַת־טוֹבָה֙ רָעָ֔ה | ta-ḥaṯ-tô-wā rā-ʿāh} ‘evil in return for good’ underscores the moral inversion.
Root and etymology
tav-ḥēt-tav
“instead of”
In context — Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before You to speak good concerning them, to turn away Your wrath from them.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 18:20, so the Hebrew word תַּֽחַת־טוֹבָה֙ (takhattova) 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.18.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.20.W2.S1) and character.