Ezekiel 16:25:12Ezek.16.25.W12TAB
תַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃
taznutayikh
“your prostitutions”
- Transliteration
- taz-nu-ta-YIKH
- Extended
- tahz-noo-taa-YIHKH
- IPA
- /taz.nuː.taːˈjik/
Meaning by language
- English
- your prostitutions
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
taz-nu-ta-YIKH
- phraseyour reading level
et-te-za-na-TEKH taz-nu-ta-YIKH
- clause
vat-tar-BI et-te-za-na-TEKH taz-nu-ta-YIKH
- sentence
el-KAL-ROSH DE-rekh ba-NIT ra-ma-TEKH vat-te-ta-e-VI et-yaf-YEKH vat-te-fas-se-KI et-rag-la-YIKH le-khol-o-VER vat-tar-BI et-te-za-na-TEKH taz-nu-ta-YIKH
Exegesis
The phrase lə-kol ’ō-wêr {לְכָל־עוֹבֵ֑ר | lə-kol ’ō-wêr} ‘to every passerby’ underscores indiscriminate openness, and the Hiphil imperfect vattə-rabbî {וַתַּרְבִּ֖י | vattə-rabbî} ‘you multiplied’ with et taz-nû-tā-yîḵ {אֶת־תַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ | et taz-nû-tā-yîḵ} highlights recurring unfaithfulness through idolatrous acts.
Root and etymology
z-n-hzayin–nun–he
“fornication, unfaithfulness”
In context — Ezekiel 16:25
At every head of the way you built your high place, and you caused your beauty to be abhorred, and you spread your feet to every passerby, and you multiplied your harlotries .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:25:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 16:25, so the Hebrew word תַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃ (taznutayikh) 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.16.25.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.25.W12.S1) and character.