Ezekiel 16:30:11Ezek.16.30.W11TAB
שַׁלָּֽטֶת׃
shalet
“domineering or brazen”
- Transliteration
- sha-LET
- Extended
- shah-LEHT
- IPA
- /ʃalˈlɛθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- domineering or brazen
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
sha-LET
- clause
ba-a-so-TEKH ET-kol-E-le ma-a-SE i-SHA-zo-NA sha-LET
- sentence
MA a-mu-LA li-ba-TEKH ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI ba-a-so-TEKH ET-kol-E-le ma-a-SE i-SHA-zo-NA sha-LET
Exegesis
The construct chain maʿăśeh ʾiššāh-zōnāh {מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה אִשָּֽׁה־זוֹנָ֖ה | maʿăśeh ʾiššāh-zōnāh} ‘deed of a prostitute’ is intensified by the participle shallāṭet {שַׁלָּֽטֶת | shallāṭet} ‘domineering,’ heightening the imagery of shameless unfaithfulness.
Root and etymology
ש־ל־טsh-l-ṭ
“to rule, be overbearing”
In context — Ezekiel 16:30
“How weak your heart has become, declares the Lord GOD , as you do all these things—the deeds of a domineering prostitute.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:30:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 16:30, so the Hebrew word שַׁלָּֽטֶת׃ (shalet) 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.16.30.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.30.W11.S1) and character.