Jeremiah 18:23:9Jer.18.23.W9TAB
וְחַטָּאתָ֖ם
vekhatatatam
“and their sin”
- Transliteration
- ve-kha-ta-TA-TAM
- Extended
- veh-khah-tah-TAAH-tahm
- IPA
- /wəħatːaːʔˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and their sin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-kha-ta-TA-TAM
- 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
The perfect yadata {יָדַעְתָּ | yā-ḏaʿ-tā} takes the object-marker et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} plus kol atzatam {כָּל־עֲצָתָם | kôl ʿă-ṣā-ṯām} ‘all counsel,’ while alai {עָלַי | ʿā-lay} ‘against me’ and la-mavet {לַמָּוֶת | la-mā-weṯ} ‘for death’ specify hostile intent.
Root and etymology
ח-ט-אChet–Tet–Aleph
“sin, to miss the mark”
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 18:23:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 18:23, so the Hebrew word וְחַטָּאתָ֖ם (vekhatatatam) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.23.W9.S1) and character.