Ezekiel 16:17:11Ezek.16.17.W11TAB
זָכָ֑ר
zakhar
“male”
- Transliteration
- za-KHAR
- Extended
- zaa-KHAAR
- IPA
- /zaːˈχaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- male
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
za-KHAR
- phraseyour reading level
tsal-ME za-KHAR
- clause
va-tik-KHI ke-LE tif-a-re-TEKH miz-ze-ha-VI u-mik-kas-PI a-SHER na-TAT-ti LAKH va-ta-a-SI-LAKH tsal-ME za-KHAR
- sentence
va-tik-KHI ke-LE tif-a-re-TEKH miz-ze-ha-VI u-mik-kas-PI a-SHER na-TAT-ti LAKH va-ta-a-SI-LAKH tsal-ME za-KHAR va-tiz-NI-VAM
Exegesis
The narrative resumes with vattaasilaakh {וַתַּעֲשִׂי־לָ֖ךְ | wattăʿăśî-lāḵ} ‘and you made for yourself’, leading to the construct ṣalmê zāḵār {צַלְמֵ֣י זָכָ֑ר | ṣalmê zāḵār} ‘images of men’, signaling idolatry.
Root and etymology
z-kh-rzayin–khet–resh
“male”
In context — Ezekiel 16:17
And you took the ornaments of your beauty from my gold and my silver, which I had given you, and you made for yourself images of men, and you committed adultery with them.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 16:17, so the Hebrew word זָכָ֑ר (zakhar) 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.16.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.17.W11.S1) and character.