Jeremiah 20:16:5Jer.20.16.W5TAB
אֲשֶׁר־הָפַ֥ךְ
asherhafakh
“that he overthrew”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-ha-FAKH
- Extended
- ah-shehr-haa-FAKH
- IPA
- /ʔăʃɛrhaːˈfaχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- that he overthrew
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-ha-FAKH
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-ha-FAKH ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-ha-YA ha-ISH ha-HU ke-a-RIM a-sher-ha-FAKH ye-ho-VAH ve-LO ni-KHAM
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ha-ISH ha-HU ke-a-RIM a-sher-ha-FAKH ye-ho-VAH ve-LO ni-KHAM ve-sha-MA ze-a-KA ba-BO-ker u-te-ru-A be-ET tso-ha-RA-yim
Exegesis
The simile ke'arim {כֶּעָרִים | ke-ʿārîm} ‘like cities’ introduces a metaphor of destruction, completed by the relative clause asher-hafakh YHWH {אֲשֶׁר־הָפַךְ יְהוָה | ʾă-šer-hā-p̄aḵ Yə-hō-wāh}, where verb-subject order emphasizes divine agency.
Root and etymology
h-p-khheh–pe–khaf
“to overturn, overthrow”
In context — Jeremiah 20:16
And let that man be like the cities which the LORD overthrew and did not relent; and let him hear a cry in the morning and an alarm at midday.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 20:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 20:16, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־הָפַ֥ךְ (asherhafakh) 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.20.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.16.W5.S1) and character.