Jeremiah 23:14:8Jer.23.14.W8TAB
וְחִזְּקוּ֙
vekhizzeku
“and they strengthen”
- Transliteration
- ve-khiz-ze-KU
- Extended
- veh-khihz-ze-KOO
- IPA
- /və.ħiz.zəˈquː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they strengthen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-khiz-ze-KU
- clause
u-vin-ve-e ye-ru-sha-LA-im ra-I-ti sha-a-ru-RA na-OF ve-ha-LO-kh ba-SHE-ker ve-khiz-ze-KU ye-DE me-re-IM le-vil-ti-SHA-vu ISH me-ra-a-TO
- sentence
u-vin-ve-e ye-ru-sha-LA-im ra-I-ti sha-a-ru-RA na-OF ve-ha-LO-kh ba-SHE-ker ve-khiz-ze-KU ye-DE me-re-IM le-vil-ti-SHA-vu ISH me-ra-a-TO ha-YU-li khu-LAM kis-DOM ve-yo-she-VE-ha ka-a-mo-RA
In context — Jeremiah 23:14
And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a dreadful thing: they commit adultery and walk in deceit, and they bolster evildoers so that no one turns from his evil . All of them are to me like Sodom , and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 23:14, so the Hebrew word וְחִזְּקוּ֙ (vekhizzeku) 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.23.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.14.W8.S1) and character.