Ezekiel 14:15:5Ezek.14.15.W5TAB
וְשִׁכְּלָ֑תָּה
veshikelata
“and it bereaves it or makes it childless”
- Transliteration
- ve-shi-ke-LA-ta
- Extended
- veh-shih-keh-LAA-tah
- IPA
- /vəʃik.kəlaːˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it bereaves it or makes it childless
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-shi-ke-LA-ta
- clause
lu-kha-YA ra-A a-a-VEER ba-A-rets ve-shi-ke-LA-ta
- sentence
lu-kha-YA ra-A a-a-VEER ba-A-rets ve-shi-ke-LA-ta ve-ha-ye-TA she-ma-MA mi-be-LI o-VER mi-pe-NE ha-kha-YA
Exegesis
The Piel perfect ve-shiklāttā {וְשִׁכְּלָ֑תָּה | wə-šik-kə-lā-tāh} ‘and it bereaves’ signals complete annihilation of inhabitants, leading to the Qal perfect ve-haytāh shemamah {וְהָיְתָ֤ה שְׁמָמָה֙ | wə-hā-yə-ṯāh šə-mā-māh} ‘and it becomes desolation’.
In context — Ezekiel 14:15
If I cause an evil beast to pass through the land and it bereaves it , and it becomes desolate with no one passing through because of the beast .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 14:15, so the Hebrew word וְשִׁכְּלָ֑תָּה (veshikelata) 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.14.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.15.W5.S1) and character.