Jeremiah 18:4:6Jer.18.4.W6TAB
בַּחֹ֖מֶר
bakhomer
“in the clay”
- Transliteration
- ba-KHO-mer
- Extended
- bah-KHOH-mehr
- IPA
- /baˈħoːmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the clay
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ba-KHO-mer
- 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
Prepositional phrases ba-khomer {בַּחֹמֶר | ba-ḥō-mer} ‘with the clay’ and bə-yad ha-yotser {בְּיַד הַיּוֹצֵר | bə-yad hay-yō-ṣēr} ‘in the hand of the potter’ assign material and agency.
Root and etymology
ḥ-m-rchet–mem–resh
“clay, material”
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 18:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jeremiah 18:4, so the Hebrew word בַּחֹ֖מֶר (bakhomer) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.4.W6.S1) and character.