Ezekiel 13:5:3Ezek.13.5.W3TAB
בַּפְּרָצ֔וֹת
baperatsot
“into the breaches”
- Transliteration
- ba-pe-ra-TSOT
- Extended
- bah-peh-rah-TSOHT
- IPA
- /bap.prɑːˈtsoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the breaches
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ba-pe-ra-TSOT
- clause
LO a-li-TEM ba-pe-ra-TSOT va-tig-de-RU ga-DER al-BET yis-ra-EL
- sentence
LO a-li-TEM ba-pe-ra-TSOT va-tig-de-RU ga-DER al-BET yis-ra-EL la-a-MOD ba-mil-kha-MA be-YOM Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The perfect verb alithem {עֲלִיתֶם | ʿă-lî-tem} ‘you have gone up’ with ba-peratzot {בַּפְּרָצ֔וֹת | bap-pə-rā-ṣōṯ} ‘in the breaches’ depicts an unfulfilled defensive action.
Root and etymology
RootPe, Resh, Tsade
“breach”
In context — Ezekiel 13:5
You have not gone up into the breaches , nor built a wall for the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of the LORD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 13:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 13:5, so the Hebrew word בַּפְּרָצ֔וֹת (baperatsot) 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.13.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.5.W3.S1) and character.