Ezekiel 16:3:6Ezek.16.3.W6TAB
מְכֹרֹתַ֙יִךְ֙
mekhorotayikh
“your origin”
- Transliteration
- me-kho-ro-TA-yikh
- Extended
- meh-khoh-roh-TA-yihkh
- IPA
- /məxoːroːˈtɑːjik/
Meaning by language
- English
- your origin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
me-kho-ro-TA-yikh
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ta ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH li-ru-sha-LA-yim me-kho-ro-TA-yikh u-mol-do-TA-yikh me-E-rets ha-ke-na-ni
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH li-ru-sha-LA-yim me-kho-ro-TA-yikh u-mol-do-TA-yikh me-E-rets ha-ke-na-ni a-VIKH ha-e-mo-RI ve-i-MEKH khi-TIT
Exegesis
The paired constructs mechorotayikh {מְכֹרֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ | mə-ḵō-rō-ṯay-ikh} and u-moldotayikh {וּמֹ֣לְדֹתַ֔יִךְ | ū-mōl-də-ṯay-ikh} function as merismus to emphasize lineage.
Root and etymology
מ־ק־ר
“source/origin”
In context — Ezekiel 16:3
And you shall say, “Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: Your origins and your births are from the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite, and your mother a Hittite.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 16:3, so the Hebrew word מְכֹרֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ (mekhorotayikh) 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.16.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.3.W6.S1) and character.