Ezekiel 13:15:10Ezek.13.15.W10TAB
הַקִּ֔יר
hakir
“the wall”
- Transliteration
- ha-KIR
- Extended
- hah-KEER
- IPA
- /haqˈqiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the wall
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-KIR
- phraseyour reading level
EN ha-KIR
- clause
ve-o-MAR la-KHEM EN ha-KIR ve-EN ha-ta-KHIM o-TO
- sentence
ve-khi-LEI-ti et-kha-ma-TI ba-KIR u-va-ta-KHIM o-TO ta-FEL ve-o-MAR la-KHEM EN ha-KIR ve-EN ha-ta-KHIM o-TO
Exegesis
The shift to direct speech comes with ve-omar la-khem {וְאֹמַר לָכֶם | wə-ʾōmar lā-ḵem} ‘and I will say to you,’ which introduces two parallel negative existential clauses: ein haqqir {אֵין הַקִּיר | ʾên ha-qîr} ‘there is no wall’ and ve-ein hatachim oto {וְאֵין הַטָּחִים אֹתֽוֹ | wə-ʾên ha-ṭā-ḥîm ʾōṯō} ‘and there are no plasterers of it.’ This parallelism and repetition underscore total removal. Retaining each waw as “and” preserves the Hebrew’s forensic rhythm and unfolding condemnation.
Root and etymology
q-w-r
“wall”
In context — Ezekiel 13:15
And I will spend My wrath on the wall and on those who plastered it with whitewash, and I will say to you, “There is no wall, and there are no plasterers of it.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 13:15:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 13:15, so the Hebrew word הַקִּ֔יר (hakir) 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 Ezek.13.15.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.15.W10.S1) and character.