Ezekiel 16:36:6Ezek.16.36.W6TAB
נְחֻשְׁתֵּךְ֙
nekhushetekh
“your lust”
- Transliteration
- ne-khu-SHE-tekh
- Extended
- neh-khuh-SHEH-tehkh
- IPA
- /nəħuʃˈteːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- your lust
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
ne-khu-SHE-tekh
- phraseyour reading level
YA-an hi-sha-FEKH ne-khu-SHE-tekh
- clause
ko-A-mar a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI YA-an hi-sha-FEKH ne-khu-SHE-tekh va-tig-GA-le er-va-TEKH ke-taz-nu-TA-yikh al-me-a-ha-VAI-yikh
- sentence
ko-A-mar a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI YA-an hi-sha-FEKH ne-khu-SHE-tekh va-tig-GA-le er-va-TEKH ke-taz-nu-TA-yikh al-me-a-ha-VAI-yikh ve-AL kal-gil-lu-LEI to-a-vo-TA-yikh ve-khid-MEI va-NA-yikh a-SHER na-TAT la-HEM
Exegesis
Possessive suffixes on nechushtekh {נְחֻשְׁתֵּךְ | nᵉḥuštēḵ} and ervatekh {עֶרְוָתֵךְ | ʿerwāteḵ} stress personal culpability.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-š
“to pour out; impurity”
In context — Ezekiel 16:36
Thus says the Lord GOD ; because your filthiness was poured out and your nakedness was uncovered according to your sexual promiscuity with your lovers, with all the idols of your abominations, and by the blood of your children whom you gave to them.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:36:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 16:36, so the Hebrew word נְחֻשְׁתֵּךְ֙ (nekhushetekh) 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.16.36.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.36.W6.S1) and character.