Jeremiah 22:17:9Jer.22.17.W9TAB

לִשְׁפּ֔וֹךְ

lishpokh

to pour out

Transliteration
lish-POKH
Extended
lihsh-POHKH
IPA
/liʃˈpoːx/

Meaning by language

English
to pour out

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לִשְׁ + פּ֔וֹךְ
lish + pokh
lishpokh

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    lish-POKH

  2. clause

    ve-AL dam-ha-na-KI lish-POKH ve-al-ha-O-shekh ve-al-ham-me-RU-tsa la-a-SOT

  3. sentence

    KI EN e-NE-kha ve-LIB-be-kha KI im-al-BIT-se-e-kha ve-AL dam-ha-na-KI lish-POKH ve-al-ha-O-shekh ve-al-ham-me-RU-tsa la-a-SOT

Exegesis

The infinitives liš-pōḵ {לִשְׁפּוֹךְ | liš-pōḵ} and la-ʿă-sōṯ {לַעֲשׂוֹת | la-ʿă-sōṯ} express ongoing volitional actions, with the repeated wə-ʿal creating a mounting accusatory rhythm.

In contextJeremiah 22:17

For your eyes and your heart are fixed only on selfish gain and on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and on violence.

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 22:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 22:17, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁפּ֔וֹךְ (lishpokh) 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.22.17.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.17.W9.S1) and character.