Ezekiel 16:4:10Ezek.16.4.W10TAB
וְהָמְלֵ֙חַ֙
vehameleakh
“and with salt”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-me-LE-akh
- Extended
- veh-haa-meh-LEE-akh
- IPA
- /vəhɑːməˈleːaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and with salt
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-me-LE-akh
- clause
ve-ha-me-LE-akh LO hum-la-KHAT-te ve-ha-khte-L LO khu-TAL-te
- sentence
u-mo-le-do-TA-yikh be-YOM hu-LE-det o-TAKH lo-KAR-rat sha-REKH u-ve-ma-YIM lo-ru-KHATS-te le-mish-E ve-ha-me-LE-akh LO hum-la-KHAT-te ve-ha-khte-L LO khu-TAL-te
Exegesis
The nouns hām-lē-aḥ {הָמְלֵחַ | hām-lē-aḥ} and hā-ḥ-tēl {הָחְתֵּל | hā-ḥ-tēl} denote salt and swaddling cloths, reflecting ritual newborn care. The preserved sequence of actions in English maintains the Hebrew rhetorical progression toward intensified neglect.
In context — Ezekiel 16:4
And as for your birth , on the day you were born, your cord was not cut, and you were not washed with water for cleansing , nor were you salted, and you were not swaddled.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 16:4, so the Hebrew word וְהָמְלֵ֙חַ֙ (vehameleakh) 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.16.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.4.W10.S1) and character.