Jeremiah 20:1:5Jer.20.1.W5TAB
וְהֽוּא־פָקִ֥יד
vehufakid
“and he was an officer”
- Transliteration
- ve-HU-fa-KID
- Extended
- veh-HOO-faa-KEED
- IPA
- /vəhˈhuː.faˈqiːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he was an officer
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-HU-fa-KID
- phraseyour reading level
ve-HU-fa-KID na-GID
- clause
va-yish-MA pash-khur ben-im-MER ha-ko-HEN ve-HU-fa-KID na-GID be-VET ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yish-MA pash-khur ben-im-MER ha-ko-HEN ve-HU-fa-KID na-GID be-VET ye-ho-VAH et-yir-me-YA-hu niv-BA et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
Exegesis
The title ha-kohen {הַכֹּהֵ֔ן | ha-kō-hēn} identifies his Levitical office, while the appositional pair pakid nagid {פָקִיד נָגִיד | pā-qīd nā-gīd} ‘overseer, chief’ intensifies his rank.
Root and etymology
פ־ק־ד
“oversee”
In context — Jeremiah 20:1
And Pashhur, the son of Immer, the priest and chief officer in the house of the LORD , heard that Jeremiah had prophesied these words .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 20:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 20:1, so the Hebrew word וְהֽוּא־פָקִ֥יד (vehufakid) 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.20.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.1.W5.S1) and character.