Jeremiah 20:10:18Jer.20.10.W18TAB

וְנִקְחָ֥ה

venikkha

and we will take

Transliteration
ve-nik-KHA
Extended
veh-nihk-KHAA
IPA
/vəniqˈħaː/

Meaning by language

English
and we will take

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + נִקְ + חָ֥ה
ve + nik + kha
venikkha

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-nik-KHA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-nik-KHA nik-ma-TE-nu

  3. clause

    u-LAI ye-fu-TE ve-nu-kh-LA LO ve-nik-KHA nik-ma-TE-nu mi-ME-nu

  4. sentence

    KI sha-MA-e-ti di-BAT ra-BIM ma-GOR mi-sa-VIV ha-GI-du ve-na-gi-DE-nu KOL e-NOSH she-lo-MI sho-me-RE tsal-E u-LAI ye-fu-TE ve-nu-kh-LA LO ve-nik-KHA nik-ma-TE-nu mi-ME-nu

Exegesis

venikcha {אוּלַי יְפֻתֶּה…וְנ֣וּכְלָה…וְנִקְחָ֥ה | ʾû-lay yə-phut-teh…wə-nûḵ-lā(h)…wə-niq-ḥāh} ‘perhaps he will be enticed… and we will prevail… and let us take’ creates a progression from enticement to conquest to vengeance, heightening dramatic tension.

In contextJeremiah 20:10

For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side. “Report,” they say, “and let us report him.” All the men of my peace are waiting for my stumbling, saying, “Perhaps he will be enticed, and we can prevail against him, and we will take our vengeance from him.”

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 20:10:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Jeremiah 20:10, so the Hebrew word וְנִקְחָ֥ה (venikkha) 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.20.10.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.10.W18.S1) and character.