Ezekiel 13:5:5Ezek.13.5.W5TAB
גָדֵ֖ר
gader
“a wall”
- Transliteration
- ga-DER
- Extended
- gaa-DEER
- IPA
- /ɣaːˈdeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a wall
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ga-DER
- phraseyour reading level
va-tig-de-RU ga-DER
- 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 vav-consecutive va-tigderu {וַתִּגְדְּרוּ | wa-tig-də-rū} ‘and you built’ linked to gader {גָדֵר | gā-ḏêr} ‘wall’ underscores the parallel failure.
Root and etymology
RootGimel, Dalet, Resh
“wall, enclosure”
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 13:5:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 13:5, so the Hebrew word גָדֵ֖ר (gader) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.5.W5.S1) and character.