נִכְחָד֗וֹת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 נִכְחָד֗וֹת

   ni-khe-KHA-dot

   that were wiped out or destroyed
2. clause🔊 וַיִּשְׁכּ֤וֹן עָ֘רִ֤ים נִכְחָד֗וֹת בָּ֭תִּים לֹא־יֵ֣שְׁבוּ לָ֑מוֹ

   va-yish-KON A-rim ni-khe-KHA-dot ba-TIM lo-YE-she-vu LA-mo

   and he dwelt cities that were wiped out or destroyed houses not they dwelt in in them or for them
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁכּ֤וֹן עָ֘רִ֤ים נִכְחָד֗וֹת בָּ֭תִּים לֹא־יֵ֣שְׁבוּ לָ֑מוֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר הִתְעַתְּד֣וּ לְגַלִּֽים׃

   va-yish-KON A-rim ni-khe-KHA-dot ba-TIM lo-YE-she-vu LA-mo a-SHER hit-a-te-DU le-gal-LIM

   and he dwelt cities that were wiped out or destroyed houses not they dwelt in in them or for them which they were prepared for heaps

Exegesis

The first complement is a compact noun-plus-participle phrase, ʿārîm niḵḥāḏôṯ {עָ֘רִ֤ים נִכְחָד֗וֹת | ʿārîm niḵḥāḏôṯ} ‘cities desolated,’ where the participle functions adjectivally to depict a settled state of devastation.

Root and etymology

כ־ח־ד🔊 kaf–chet–dalet

“to be wiped out, be destroyed”

• 🔊 נִכְחָדnikchadcut off, destroyedJob 14:20