Jeremiah 18:4:1Jer.18.4.W1TAB
וְנִשְׁחַ֣ת
venishkhat
“and it was spoiled or ruined”
- Transliteration
- ve-nish-KHAT
- Extended
- veh-nihsh-KHAHT
- IPA
- /vənɪʃˈħat/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it was spoiled or ruined
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ve-nish-KHAT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-nish-KHAT ha-ke-LI
- clause
ve-nish-KHAT ha-ke-LI a-SHER HU O-se ba-KHO-mer be-YAD ha-yo-TSER
- sentence
ve-nish-KHAT ha-ke-LI a-SHER HU O-se ba-KHO-mer be-YAD ha-yo-TSER ve-SHAV va-ya-a-SE-HU ke-LI a-KHER ka-a-SHER ya-SHAR be-E-ne ha-yo-TSER la-a-SOT
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive in ve-nish-khat {וְנִשְׁחַת | wə-niš-ḥat} ‘and was ruined’, employing the Niphal perfect to present the vessel’s unintended decay.
Root and etymology
š-ḥ-tshin–chet–tav
“to ruin, spoil”
In context — Jeremiah 18:4
And the vessel he was making from the clay in the hand of the potter was ruined, so he reworked it and made it into another vessel as seemed right in the eyes of the potter to make.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 18:4, so the Hebrew word וְנִשְׁחַ֣ת (venishkhat) 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.18.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.4.W1.S1) and character.