Jeremiah 23:29:6Jer.23.29.W6TAB

וּכְפַטִּ֖ישׁ

ukhefattish

and like a hammer

Transliteration
u-khe-fat-TISH
Extended
oo-kheh-faht-TIHSH
IPA
/uχəfatˈtiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
and like a hammer

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Result
וּ + כְ + פַט + טִּ֖ישׁ
u + khe + fat + tish
ukhefattish

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tett — emphatic
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-khe-fat-TISH

  2. clause

    u-khe-fat-TISH ye-fo-TSETS SA-la

  3. sentence

    ha-lo KHO de-va-RI ka-ESH ne-UM-ye-ho-VA u-khe-fat-TISH ye-fo-TSETS SA-la

Exegesis

Two coordinated similes—kaʾēš {כָּאֵ֖שׁ | kā-ʾēš} ‘like fire’ and ûkəpaṭṭîš {וּכְפַטִּ֖ישׁ | û-kə-paṭ-ṭîš} ‘like a hammer’—are both governed by the Piel imperfect verb yep̄ōṣēṣ {יְפֹ֥צֵֽץ | yə-p̄ō-ṣēṣ} ‘breaks in pieces’ with the object sālāʿ {סָֽלַע | sā-laʿ}.

Root and etymology

p-t-špe–tav–shin

hammer

In contextJeremiah 23:29

“Is not My word like fire ,” declares the LORD , “and like a hammer that shatters the rock?”

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 23:29:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jeremiah 23:29, so the Hebrew word וּכְפַטִּ֖ישׁ (ukhefattish) 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.23.29.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.29.W6.S1) and character.