Ezekiel 16:12:8Ezek.16.12.W8TAB
בְּרֹאשֵֽׁךְ׃
beroshekh
“on your head”
- Transliteration
- be-ro-SHEKH
- Extended
- beh-roh-SHEH(kh)
- IPA
- /bəroˈʃeːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- on your head
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-ro-SHEKH
- clause
va-a-TE-ret tif-e-ER-et be-ro-SHEKH
- sentence
va-et-TEN NE-zem al-A-PEKH va-a-gi-LIM al-oz-NA-yikh va-a-TE-ret tif-e-ER-et be-ro-SHEKH
In context — Ezekiel 16:12
And I placed a ring on your nose, and earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 16:12, so the Hebrew word בְּרֹאשֵֽׁךְ׃ (beroshekh) 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.16.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.12.W8.S1) and character.