Ezekiel 16:25:2Ezek.16.25.W2TAB
דֶּ֗רֶךְ
derekh
“road or way”
- Transliteration
- DE-rekh
- Extended
- DEH-rehkh
- IPA
- /ˈdɛ.rɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- road or way
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
DE-rekh
- phraseyour reading level
el-KAL-ROSH DE-rekh
- clause
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
- 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 verse begins with the spatial phrase el kol rosh derekh {אֶל־כָּל־רֹאשׁ דֶּרֶךְ | ʾel kol rôš dérékh} ‘at every head of the way’, employing a Hebrew construct chain to emphasize public exposure.
Root and etymology
d-r-kdalet–resh–kaf
“path, way”
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 16:25:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 16:25, so the Hebrew word דֶּ֗רֶךְ (derekh) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.25.W2.S1) and character.