Ezekiel 16:31:2Ezek.16.31.W2TAB
גַּבֵּךְ֙
gabbekh
“your mound”
- Transliteration
- gab-BE-kh
- Extended
- gahb-BEH-kh
- IPA
- /gabˈbeːχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- your mound
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gab-BE-kh
- phraseyour reading level
biv-no-TA-yikh gab-BE-kh
- clause
biv-no-TA-yikh gab-BE-kh be-ROSH kal-DE-rekh ve-ra-ma-TE-kh a-si-TI a-SIT be-khol-re-KHOV
- sentence
biv-no-TA-yikh gab-BE-kh be-ROSH kal-DE-rekh ve-ra-ma-TE-kh a-si-TI a-SIT be-khol-re-KHOV ve-lo-ha-YI-ti ha-YIT ka-zo-NA le-kal-LES et-NAN
Exegesis
The verse opens with a series of spatial prepositional phrases that emphasize public display: bivnotayikh {בִּבְנוֹתַ֤יִךְ | bivnōtayikh} 'in your buildings' and gabbekh {גַּבֵּךְ֙ | gabbēkh} 'your mound' locate the action, while berosh {בְּרֹאשׁ | bə-rōsh} kol-derekh {כָּל־דֶּ֔רֶךְ | kol-derekh} 'at the head of every road' highlights visibility.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–bet
“mound, raised heap”
In context — Ezekiel 16:31
In building your mound at the head of every road and erecting your high place in every street, you were not like a prostitute , for you spurned payment .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:31:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 16:31, so the Hebrew word גַּבֵּךְ֙ (gabbekh) 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.16.31.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.31.W2.S1) and character.