Jeremiah 18:6:10Jer.18.6.W10TAB
כַחֹ֙מֶר֙
khakhomer
“like the clay”
- Transliteration
- kha-KHO-mer
- Extended
- khah-KHOH-mehr
- IPA
- /xaˈħoːmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- like the clay
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
kha-KHO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
hi-NE kha-KHO-mer
- clause
hi-NE kha-KHO-mer be-YAD ha-yo-TSER ken-a-TEM be-ya-DI BET yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ha-kha-yo-TSER ha-ZEH lo-O-khal la-a-SOT la-KHEM BET yis-ra-EL ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH hi-NE kha-KHO-mer be-YAD ha-yo-TSER ken-a-TEM be-ya-DI BET yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
In the second clause, hinneh {הִנֵּ֤ה | hin-nēh} ‘look’ introduces the simile kakhomer {כַחֹ֙מֶר֙ | ka-ḥō-mer} ‘like clay’ in the hand of the potter hayotser {הַיּוֹצֵ֔ר | ha-yō-tzēr}, linked by the adverb ken {כֵּן־ | kēn} ‘so’ to the pronoun atem {אַתֶּ֥ם | ʾattēm} ‘you’.
Root and etymology
Roothet–mem–resh
“clay, raw material”
In context — Jeremiah 18:6
“House of Israel, am I not able to deal with you like this potter?” declares the LORD . “Look—like the clay in the hand of the potter, so you are in My hand, house of Israel.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 18:6, so the Hebrew word כַחֹ֙מֶר֙ (khakhomer) 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.18.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.6.W10.S1) and character.