Jeremiah 23:15:10Jer.23.15.W10TAB
וְהִשְׁקִתִ֖ים
vehishkitim
“and I will give them to drink”
- Transliteration
- ve-hish-ki-TIM
- Extended
- veh-hihsh-kih-TEEM
- IPA
- /vəhiʃqiˈtiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will give them to drink
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hish-ki-TIM
- clause
la-KHEN ko-A-MAR ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT al-ha-ne-vi-IM hin-ne-NI ma-a-KHIL o-TAM la-a-NA ve-hish-ki-TIM me-ROSH
- sentence
la-KHEN ko-A-MAR ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT al-ha-ne-vi-IM hin-ne-NI ma-a-KHIL o-TAM la-a-NA ve-hish-ki-TIM me-ROSH KI me-ET ne-vi-E ye-ru-sha-LA-im ya-tse-A kha-nu-PA le-khol-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
Parallel Hiphil forms ma’akhil {מַאֲכִיל | ma-ʾă-khîl} ‘feeding’ and wehishqitim {וְהִשְׁקִתִים | wə-hiškī-tîm} ‘I will make drink’ present complementary punitive actions, with la’anah {לַֽעֲנָה | la-ʿă-nāh} ‘wormwood’ and mey-ros {מֵי־רֹאשׁ | mêy-rōš} ‘waters of poison’ as objects.
In context — Jeremiah 23:15
Therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will give them wormwood for food and make them drink waters of poison, for from the prophets of Jerusalem profaneness has gone out to all the land.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:15:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 23:15, so the Hebrew word וְהִשְׁקִתִ֖ים (vehishkitim) 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.23.15.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.15.W10.S1) and character.