Jeremiah 20:16:8Jer.20.16.W8TAB
נִחָ֑ם
nikham
“he had compassion or relented”
- Transliteration
- ni-KHAM
- Extended
- nih-KHAAM
- IPA
- /niˈħaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- he had compassion or relented
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ni-KHAM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO ni-KHAM
- 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 negated compound velo nikham {וְלֹא נִחָם | wə-lōʾ ni-ḥām} ‘and did not relent’ deepens the curse by denying compassion.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-mnun–chet–mem
“to relent, be moved to pity”
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 20:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 20:16, so the Hebrew word נִחָ֑ם (nikham) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.16.W8.S1) and character.