Ezekiel 15:2:5Ezek.15.2.W5TAB
הַזְּמוֹרָ֕ה
hazmera
“the branch”
- Transliteration
- haz-me-RA
- Extended
- hahz-meh-RAA
- IPA
- /hazməˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the branch
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
haz-me-RA
- clause
haz-me-RA a-SHER ha-YA ba-tse hay-YA-ar
- sentence
ben-A-dam ma-ye-HYE ETS-ha-GE-fen mi-kol-ETS haz-me-RA a-SHER ha-YA ba-tse hay-YA-ar
Exegesis
The construct etz-hagefen {עֵץ־הַגֶּפֶן | ʿēṣ-hag-ge-fen} ‘wood of the vine’ indicates species, paralleled by ha-zemorah {הַזְּמוֹרָה | ha-zə-mō-rāh} ‘the branch.’
Root and etymology
z-m-rzayin–mem–resh
“sprout, shoot”
In context — Ezekiel 15:2
Son of man, what is the wood of the vine more than any wood, or the branch that is among the trees of the forest?
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 15:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 15:2, so the Hebrew word הַזְּמוֹרָ֕ה (hazmera) 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.15.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.15.2.W5.S1) and character.