Jeremiah 24:1:20Jer.24.1.W20TAB
וְאֶת־הֶחָרָ֤שׁ
veethekharash
“and {direct object} the craftsman”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-he-kha-RASH
- Extended
- veh-eht-heh-khah-RAASH
- IPA
- /vəʔɛt.hɛħaːˈraːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and {direct object} the craftsman
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-he-kha-RASH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-et-he-kha-RASH ve-et-ham-mas-GER
- clause
a-kha-REI hag-le-VOT ne-vu-khad-re-TSAR ME-lekh-ba-VEL et-ye-khan-YA-hu ven-ye-ho-ya-KIM ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA ve-et-sa-REI ye-hu-DA ve-et-he-kha-RASH ve-et-ham-mas-GER mi-ru-sha-LA-im va-ye-vi-EM ba-VEL
- sentence
hir-A-ni ye-ho-VAH ve-hin-NE she-NEI du-da-EI te-e-NIM mu-a-DIM lif-NEI he-KHAL ye-ho-VAH a-kha-REI hag-le-VOT ne-vu-khad-re-TSAR ME-lekh-ba-VEL et-ye-khan-YA-hu ven-ye-ho-ya-KIM ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA ve-et-sa-REI ye-hu-DA ve-et-he-kha-RASH ve-et-ham-mas-GER mi-ru-sha-LA-im va-ye-vi-EM ba-VEL
Exegesis
Repeated direct object markers ’et {אֶת | ’et} enumerate the exiles: yekhonyahu {יְכָנְיָהוּ | yəḵonyāhû} “Jeconiah,” ben-yehoyaqim {בֶן־יְהוֹיָקִים | ben-yəhōyāqîm} “son of Jehoiakim,” melekh-yehudah {מֶלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה | mêlek yəhûḏāh} “king of Judah,” sarei yəhudah {שָׂרֵי יְהוּדָה | śārê yəhûḏāh} “officials of Judah,” hecharash {הֶחָרָשׁ | heḥārāš} “craftsman,” and hammasger {הַמַּסְגֵּר | hammāsger} “metalworker.”
Root and etymology
Rootchet–resh–shin
“to carve, craft”
In context — Jeremiah 24:1
The LORD let me see, and look—two baskets of figs stood before the LORD’s temple after Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had taken Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, into exile from Jerusalem, along with the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and the smiths, and had brought them to Babylon.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 24:1:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Jeremiah 24:1, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הֶחָרָ֤שׁ (veethekharash) 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.24.1.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.24.1.W20.S1) and character.