Psalm 16:10:8Ps.16.10.W8TAB
שָֽׁחַת׃
shakhat
“the Pit”
- Transliteration
- SHA-khat
- Extended
- SHAA-khahth
- IPA
- /ˈʃaːħat/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Pit
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHA-khat
- phraseyour reading level
lir-OT SHA-khat
- clause
LO-ti-TEN kha-si-DE-kha lir-OT SHA-khat
- sentence
KI LO-ta-a-ZOV naf-SHI lish-OL LO-ti-TEN kha-si-DE-kha lir-OT SHA-khat
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lishʾol {לִשְׁא֑וֹל | li-šə-ʾōl} functions as a directional complement ‘to Sheol’, while lirʾot {לִרְא֥וֹת | lir-ʾōṯ} governs the object shachat {שָֽׁחַת | šā-ḥaṯ} ‘decay’. This chiastic parallelism accentuates God’s preserving activity by restating what He will not allow, and the English rendering preserves the Hebrew rhetorical symmetry and focused negative constructions.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–ḥet–tav
“decay; ruin”
In context — Psalm 16:10
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol , and You will not permit Your Holy One to see corruption.
About this coordinate
Psalm 16:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Psalm 16:10, so the Hebrew word שָֽׁחַת׃ (shakhat) 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 Ps.16.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.16.10.W8.S1) and character.