Jeremiah 23:8:15Jer.23.8.W15TAB
הִדַּחְתִּ֖ים
hidakhtim
“I had driven them”
- Transliteration
- hi-DAKH-tim
- Extended
- hih-DAAKH-tihm
- IPA
- /hid.daħˈtiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- I had driven them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
hi-DAKH-tim
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER hi-DAKH-tim
- clause
KI im-KHAI-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA va-a-SHER he-VI et-ZE-ra BET yis-ra-EL me-E-rets tsa-FO-na u-mik-KOL ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER hi-DAKH-tim SHAM
- sentence
KI im-KHAI-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA va-a-SHER he-VI et-ZE-ra BET yis-ra-EL me-E-rets tsa-FO-na u-mik-KOL ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER hi-DAKH-tim SHAM ve-yash-VU al-ad-ma-TAM
Exegesis
The perfect verb hiddāḥtîm {הִדַּחְתִּים | hiddāḥtîm} in the first person personalizes the exile.
In context — Jeremiah 23:8
Rather, as long as the LORD lives—He who raised up and guided the seed of the house of Israel from the land of the north and from every region to which I had driven them—they shall reside in their own land.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:8:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Jeremiah 23:8, so the Hebrew word הִדַּחְתִּ֖ים (hidakhtim) 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.23.8.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.8.W15.S1) and character.