Ezekiel 16:36:8Ezek.16.36.W8TAB
עֶרְוָתֵ֔ךְ
ervatekh
“your nakedness”
- Transliteration
- er-va-TEKH
- Extended
- ehr-vah-TEEKH
- IPA
- /ʕɛr.vaˈteːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- your nakedness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
er-va-TEKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-tig-GA-le er-va-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.
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 16:36:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 16:36, so the Hebrew word עֶרְוָתֵ֔ךְ (ervatekh) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.36.W8.S1) and character.