Ezekiel 16:17:2Ezek.16.17.W2TAB
כְּלֵ֣י
kele
“objects of”
- Transliteration
- ke-LE
- Extended
- keh-LEE
- IPA
- /kəˈleː/
Meaning by language
- English
- objects of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-LE
- phraseyour reading level
ke-LE tif-a-re-TEKH
- 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 construct phrase kelei tip̄ʾartekh {כְּלֵ֣י תִפְאַרְתֵּ֗ךְ | kəlê tip̄ʾartekh} ‘vessels of your ornament’ employs a feminine singular noun with pronominal suffix.
Root and etymology
k-l-ykaf–lamed–yod
“vessel”
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 16:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 16:17, so the Hebrew word כְּלֵ֣י (kele) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.17.W2.S1) and character.