Exodus 16:32:17Exod.16.32.W17TAB
הֶאֱכַ֤לְתִּי
heekhalti
“I fed”
- Transliteration
- he-e-KHAL-ti
- Extended
- heh-eh-KHAL-tee
- IPA
- /hɛ.ʔɛx.ˈal.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I fed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-e-KHAL-ti
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER he-e-KHAL-ti et-KHEM
- clause
leh-MA-an yir-U et-ha-LE-khem a-SHER he-e-KHAL-ti et-KHEM ba-mid-BAR be-ho-tsi-EE et-KHEM meh-E-rets mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer MO-sheh ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER tsiv-VA Ye-ho-VAH me-LO ha-O-mer mim-ME-noo leh-mish-ME-ret leh-doh-ro-TE-khem leh-MA-an yir-U et-ha-LE-khem a-SHER he-e-KHAL-ti et-KHEM ba-mid-BAR be-ho-tsi-EE et-KHEM meh-E-rets mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
This is further defined by the relative clause asher heʾekhalti etkhem bammidbar {אֲשֶׁר הֶאֱכַלְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בַּמִּדְבָּר | ʾă-šer he-ʾe-khal-tî ʾet-kem ba-mmid-bār} ‘which I fed you in the wilderness’, where the Hiphil perfect heʾekhalti emphasizes divine provision.
Root and etymology
ʾ-k-laleph–kaf–lamed
“to eat”
In context — Exodus 16:32
And Moses said, “Here is the instruction that the LORD has given: A full omer of it must be preserved for your generations , so that they may see the bread which I gave you to eat in the wilderness when I brought you out of Egypt.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:32:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Exodus 16:32, so the Hebrew word הֶאֱכַ֤לְתִּי (heekhalti) 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 Exod.16.32.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.32.W17.S1) and character.