Jeremiah 19:2:5Jer.19.2.W5TAB
פֶּ֖תַח
petakh
“entrance of”
- Transliteration
- PE-takh
- Extended
- PEH-tahkh
- IPA
- /ˈpɛ.taħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- entrance of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
PE-takh
- clause
ve-ya-TSA-ta el-GE ven-hi-NOM a-SHER PE-takh SHA-ar ha-kha-re-SOT ha-khar-SIT
- sentence
ve-ya-TSA-ta el-GE ven-hi-NOM a-SHER PE-takh SHA-ar ha-kha-re-SOT ha-khar-SIT ve-ka-RA-ta SHAM et-ha-de-va-RIM a-sher-a-dab-BER e-LE-kha
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֕ר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ links to petach shaar {פֶּתַח שַׁעַר | pe-ṯaḥ ša-ʿar} ‘entrance of the gate’, further qualified by ha-harsit {הַֽחַרְסִית | ha-ḥar-sit} ‘the Potsherd’.
Root and etymology
“opening”
In context — Jeremiah 19:2
And you shall go out to the Valley of Ben-Hinnom at the entrance of the Potsherd Gate , and you shall proclaim there the words that I will speak to you.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 19:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 19:2, so the Hebrew word פֶּ֖תַח (petakh) 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.19.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.2.W5.S1) and character.