Ezekiel 16:23:3Ezek.16.23.W3TAB

כָּל־רָעָתֵ֑ךְ

kalraatekh

all of your evilness

Transliteration
KAL-ra-a-TEKH
Extended
KAAL-rah-ah-TEEKH
IPA
/kɔl.raːʕaːˈteːx/

Meaning by language

English
all of your evilness

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
כָּל + רָ + עָ + תֵ֑ךְ
kal + ra + a + tekh
kalraatekh

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Tavt as in top
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    KAL-ra-a-TEKH

  2. clause

    va-ye-HI a-kha-RE KAL-ra-a-TEKH

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI a-kha-RE KAL-ra-a-TEKH OY OY LAKH ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI

Exegesis

The preposition acharei {אַחֲרֵי | ʾa-ḥa-rê} ‘after’ in construct with kol raatekh {כָּל־רָעָתֵךְ | kol-rā-ʿā-têḵ} ‘all your wickedness’ indicates retrospective causality.

Root and etymology

Rootresh–ayin

evil

In contextEzekiel 16:23

And it happened after all your wickedness—woe , woe to you!—declares the Lord GOD .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 16:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 16:23, so the Hebrew word כָּל־רָעָתֵ֑ךְ (kalraatekh) 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.16.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.23.W3.S1) and character.