Ezekiel 16:26:3Ezek.16.26.W3TAB
שְׁכֵנַ֖יִךְ
shekhenayikh
“your neighbors”
- Transliteration
- she-khe-NA-yikh
- Extended
- sheh-khee-NAH-yihkh
- IPA
- /ʃəχeːˈnaːjik/
Meaning by language
- English
- your neighbors
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
she-khe-NA-yikh
- clause
va-tiz-NI el-be-NE-mi-ts-RA-yim she-khe-NA-yikh gid-LE va-SAR
- sentence
va-tiz-NI el-be-NE-mi-ts-RA-yim she-khe-NA-yikh gid-LE va-SAR va-tar-BI et-taz-nu-TEKH le-ha-khi-se-NI
Exegesis
The construct shkhenayikh {שְׁכֵנַ֖יִךְ | šə-ḵē-na-yîḵ} ‘your neighbors’ intensifies relational betrayal, further specified by gidlei basar {גִּדְלֵ֣י בָשָׂר | giḏ-lē bā-sār} ‘great of flesh.’
In context — Ezekiel 16:26
And you committed fornication with the sons of Egypt, your neighbors who were great of flesh, and you multiplied your harlotries to provoke Me to anger.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 16:26, so the Hebrew word שְׁכֵנַ֖יִךְ (shekhenayikh) 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.16.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.26.W3.S1) and character.