Ezekiel 16:15:6Ezek.16.15.W6TAB
אֶת־תַּזְנוּתַ֛יִךְ
ettazenutaiyikh
“your acts of prostitution”
- Transliteration
- et-ta-ze-nu-TAI-yikh
- Extended
- eht-tah-zeh-noo-TAH-yihkh
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.taz.nuːˈtaː.jiːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- your acts of prostitution
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
et-ta-ze-nu-TAI-yikh
- phraseyour reading level
va-tish-pe-KHI et-ta-ze-nu-TAI-yikh
- clause
va-tish-pe-KHI et-ta-ze-nu-TAI-yikh al-kol-o-VER lo-ye-HI
- sentence
va-tiv-te-KHI ve-yaf-YEKH va-tiz-NI al-SHE-MEKH va-tish-pe-KHI et-ta-ze-nu-TAI-yikh al-kol-o-VER lo-ye-HI
Exegesis
The direct object marker ʾet introduces taznutayikh {תַּזְנוּתַיִךְ | ta-znu-ta-yîḵ} ‘your acts of harlotry’, which are poured out ʿal-kol-ʿō-vêr {עַל־כָּל־עוֹבֵר | ʿal-kol-ʿō-vêr} ‘upon every passerby’.
Root and etymology
z-n-hzayin–nun–he
“fornication, unfaithfulness”
In context — Ezekiel 16:15
But you trusted in your beauty and became unfaithful because of your name ; you poured out your acts of harlotry upon every passerby—it belonged to him.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 16:15, so the Hebrew word אֶת־תַּזְנוּתַ֛יִךְ (ettazenutaiyikh) 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.16.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.15.W6.S1) and character.