Ezekiel 16:14:7Ezek.16.14.W7TAB
כָּלִ֣יל
kalil
“perfect”
- Transliteration
- ka-LIL
- Extended
- kaa-LEEL
- IPA
- /kaːˈliːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- perfect
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
ka-LIL
- phraseyour reading level
KI ka-LIL HU
- clause
KI ka-LIL HU ba-ha-da-RI a-SHER-sam-TI a-LA-yikh ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-TSE LAKH SHEM ba-go-YIM be-yof-YEKH KI ka-LIL HU ba-ha-da-RI a-SHER-sam-TI a-LA-yikh ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The clause beyofyekh {בְּיָפְיֵ֑ךְ | bə-yā-phyə-ḵ} ‘because of your beauty’ linked by ki {כִּ֣י | kî} ‘for’ provides causal force, further modified by the adjective kalil {כָּלִ֣יל | kā-lîl} ‘perfect’.
Root and etymology
k-l-ykaf–lamed–yod
“vessel”
In context — Ezekiel 16:14
And your renown went out among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendor which I placed upon you, declares the Lord GOD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 16:14, so the Hebrew word כָּלִ֣יל (kalil) 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.16.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.14.W7.S1) and character.