Jeremiah 20:2:8Jer.20.2.W8TAB
עַל־הַמַּהְפֶּ֗כֶת
alhamapekhet
“upon the stocks”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-ma-pe-KHET
- Extended
- ahl-hah-mah-heh-peh-KHET
- IPA
- /ʕal.ham.mahf.pɛˈxɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the stocks
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-ma-pe-KHET
- clause
va-yit-TEN o-TO al-ha-ma-pe-KHET a-SHER be-SHA-ar bin-ya-MIN ha-el-YON a-SHER be-VET ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yak-KE pash-khur ET yir-me-YA-hu ha-na-VI va-yit-TEN o-TO al-ha-ma-pe-KHET a-SHER be-SHA-ar bin-ya-MIN ha-el-YON a-SHER be-VET ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al-hamahpekhet {עַל־הַמַּהְפֶּכֶת | ʿal-hammāhpēket} ‘on the stocks’ names the punitive device.
Root and etymology
h-p-kheh–peh–kaf
“to turn, restrain”
In context — Jeremiah 20:2
And Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and he put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of the LORD .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 20:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 20:2, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַמַּהְפֶּ֗כֶת (alhamapekhet) 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.20.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.2.W8.S1) and character.