Jeremiah 18:23:7Jer.18.23.W7TAB
אַל־תְּכַפֵּר֙
altekhaper
“do not cover over”
- Transliteration
- al-te-kha-PER
- Extended
- ahl-teh-khah-PEER
- IPA
- /ʔal.təxapˈpeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not cover over
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-te-kha-PER
- clause
ve-a-TA ye-ho-VAH ya-da-TA et-KOL-a-tsa-TAM a-LAI lam-MA-vet al-te-kha-PER al-a-vo-NAM ve-kha-ta-TA-TAM mil-fe-NE-kha al-te-ME-khi
- sentence
ve-a-TA ye-ho-VAH ya-da-TA et-KOL-a-tsa-TAM a-LAI lam-MA-vet al-te-kha-PER al-a-vo-NAM ve-kha-ta-TA-TAM mil-fe-NE-kha al-te-ME-khi ve-ha-YU ve-yih-YU mukh-sha-LIM le-fa-NE-kha be-ET ap-KHA a-SE va-HEM
Exegesis
Two jussive negatives, al-tekhaper {אַל־תְּכַפֵּר | ʾal-tə-kap-pēr} and al-timcheh {אַל־תֶּמְחִי | ʾal-tə-mə-ḥî}, forbid divine pardon or erasure.
In context — Jeremiah 18:23
But You, LORD , know all their designs against me for death; do not forgive their iniquity and do not blot out their sin from before You. Let them be overthrown before You; at the time of Your wrath, bring judgment upon them.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 18:23, so the Hebrew word אַל־תְּכַפֵּר֙ (altekhaper) 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.18.23.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.23.W7.S1) and character.