Jeremiah 23:12:5Jer.23.12.W5TAB
כַּחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת֙
khakhalaklakot
“like slippery places”
- Transliteration
- kha-kha-lak-la-KOT
- Extended
- khah-khah-lahk-lah-KOHT
- IPA
- /kʰa.ħa.laq.laˈqoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- like slippery places
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-kha-lak-la-KOT
- clause
la-KHEN yih-ye dar-KAM la-HEM kha-kha-lak-la-KOT ba-a-fe-LA yid-da-KHU ve-na-FLU VAH
- sentence
la-KHEN yih-ye dar-KAM la-HEM kha-kha-lak-la-KOT ba-a-fe-LA yid-da-KHU ve-na-FLU VAH ki-a-VI a-le-HEM ra-A she-NAT pe-kud-da-TAM ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The simile khalaklakot baafelah {כַּחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת בָּאֲפֵלָה | ka-ḥal-a-qal-lā-qōṯ bā-ʾă-p̄ē-lāh} ‘like slippery places in the darkness’ underscores an unseen and unstable peril.
Root and etymology
ḥ-l-q
“to slip”
In context — Jeremiah 23:12
Therefore their way will be to them like a slick path in the darkness; they will be driven on and will fall there, for I will bring calamity upon them—the year of their visitation , declares the LORD .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 23:12, so the Hebrew word כַּחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת֙ (khakhalaklakot) 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.23.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.12.W5.S1) and character.