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

Result
הֶ + אֱ + כַ֤לְ + תִּי
he + e + khal + ti
heekhalti

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    he-e-KHAL-ti

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER he-e-KHAL-ti et-KHEM

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextExodus 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.