Ezekiel 14:21:17Ezek.14.21.W17TAB
לְהַכְרִ֥ית
lehakhrit
“to cut off”
- Transliteration
- le-hakh-RIT
- Extended
- leh-hahkh-REET
- IPA
- /ləhaxˈriːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to cut off
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
le-hakh-RIT
- phraseyour reading level
le-hakh-RIT mi-ME-na
- clause
le-hakh-RIT mi-ME-na a-DAM u-ve-he-MA
- sentence
KI KHO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH AF ki-ar-BA-at she-fa-TAI ha-ra-IM KHE-rev ve-ra-AV ve-kha-YA ra-A va-DE-ver shi-lakh-TI el-ye-ru-sha-LA-im le-hakh-RIT mi-ME-na a-DAM u-ve-he-MA
Exegesis
In the protasis, shillachti {שִׁלַּחְתִּי | šil-lach-tî} ‘I have sent’ governs el-yerushalayim {אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלָיִם | ʾel-yerû-ša-lā-yim} and is followed by the Hiphil purpose infinitive lehachrit {לְהַכְרִית | lə-hak-hrît} ‘to cut off.’ The series cherev, verav, vechayyah raah, vadever unfolds in stepwise parallelism, each calamity intensifying the threat before concluding with man and animal.
In context — Ezekiel 14:21
For thus says the Lord GOD : How much more when I send My four severe judgments—sword, famine, wild beast, and pestilence—to cut off from Jerusalem man and animal.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:21:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Ezekiel 14:21, so the Hebrew word לְהַכְרִ֥ית (lehakhrit) 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.14.21.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.21.W17.S1) and character.