Jeremiah 23:2:17Jer.23.2.W17TAB
פֹקֵ֧ד
poked
“attending to or visiting”
- Transliteration
- po-KED
- Extended
- poh-KEED
- IPA
- /poːˈqeːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- attending to or visiting
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
po-KED
- phraseyour reading level
hin-ne-NI po-KED a-le-KHEM
- clause
hin-ne-NI po-KED a-le-KHEM et-RO-a ma-al-le-KHEM ne-UM-Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
la-KHEN ko-A-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-re-EL al-ha-ro-IM ha-ro-IM et-a-MI a-TEM ha-fi-TSO-TEM et-tso-NI va-tad-di-KHUM ve-LO pe-kad-TEM o-TAM hin-ne-NI po-KED a-le-KHEM et-RO-a ma-al-le-KHEM ne-UM-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Hineni {הִנְנִ֨י | hinēnî} ‘behold, I’ introduces divine agency, followed by the Qal participle pōqēd {פֹקֵ֧ד | pōqēd} ‘visiting’ with the prepositional phrase ʿalê-ḵem {עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם | ʿălê-ḵem} ‘upon you.’
Root and etymology
פ–ק–ד
“to attend, to visit, to oversee, to punish”
In context — Jeremiah 23:2
Therefore, thus says the LORD God of Israel concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: You have scattered my flock, and have driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your misdeeds , declares the LORD.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:2:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Jeremiah 23:2, so the Hebrew word פֹקֵ֧ד (poked) 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.23.2.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.2.W17.S1) and character.