Ezekiel 13:4:1Ezek.13.4.W1TAB
כְּשֻׁעָלִ֖ים
keshualim
“like foxes or jackals”
- Transliteration
- ke-shu-a-LIM
- Extended
- keh-shuh-ah-LIIM
- IPA
- /kəʃu.ʕaˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- like foxes or jackals
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ke-shu-a-LIM
- clause
ke-shu-a-LIM ba-kho-ra-VOT
- sentence
ke-shu-a-LIM ba-kho-ra-VOT ne-vi-e-KHA yis-ra-EL ha-YU
Exegesis
The verse begins with the simile keshuʿalim {כְּשֻׁעָלִים | kə-šu-ʿā-lîm} ‘like foxes’, foregrounding cunning behavior.
In context — Ezekiel 13:4
Israel, your prophets have been like foxes in the ruins .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 13:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 13:4, so the Hebrew word כְּשֻׁעָלִ֖ים (keshualim) 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.13.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.4.W1.S1) and character.