Jeremiah 22:24:9Jer.22.24.W9TAB
חוֹתָ֖ם
khotam
“a seal”
- Transliteration
- kho-TAM
- Extended
- khoh-TAHM
- IPA
- /ħoːˈtɔːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a seal
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kho-TAM
- clause
KHAI-A-NI ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH KI im-yih-YE ka-ne-YA-hu ven-ye-ho-ya-KIM ME-lekh ye-hu-DA kho-TAM al-YAD ye-mi-NI
- sentence
KHAI-A-NI ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH KI im-yih-YE ka-ne-YA-hu ven-ye-ho-ya-KIM ME-lekh ye-hu-DA kho-TAM al-YAD ye-mi-NI KI mi-SHAM e-te-KHE-ne-KHA
Exegesis
This is illustrated by the chotam al yad yemini {חוֹתָם עַל־יַד יְמִינִי | ḥō-ṭām ʿal yad yə-mî-nî} ‘signet-ring on my right hand’, a metaphor of royal favor and identity.
Root and etymology
ḥ-t-mhet–tav–mem
“to seal”
In context — Jeremiah 22:24
“As I live,” declares the LORD , “even if Coniah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were a signet on my right hand, yet from there I would pluck you off.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:24:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 22:24, so the Hebrew word חוֹתָ֖ם (khotam) 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.22.24.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.24.W9.S1) and character.