Psalm 18:42:1Ps.18.42.W1TABWLC Psalms 18:43
וְֽאֶשְׁחָקֵ֥ם
veeshkhakem
“and I crushed them”
- Transliteration
- ve-esh-kha-KEM
- Extended
- veh-esh-khah-KEEM
- IPA
- /vəʔeʃħaˈqem/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I crushed them
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-esh-kha-KEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-esh-kha-KEM ke-a-FAHR
- sentence
ve-esh-kha-KEM ke-a-FAHR al-PE-nei-RU-akh ke-TIT-KHU-tsot a-ri-KEM
Exegesis
The Pi’el imperfect verb ve-esh-chakem {וְאֶשְּׁחֲקֵם | wə·ʾeš·ša·ḵēm} “pulverized them” conveys vigorous, intensive action.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–shin
“fire”
In context — Psalm 18:42
And I pulverized them like dust upon the face of the wind; like mud of the streets I emptied them.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:42:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 18:42, so the Hebrew word וְֽאֶשְׁחָקֵ֥ם (veeshkhakem) 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.18.42.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.42.W1.S1) and character.