Ezekiel 16:4:12Ezek.16.4.W12TAB
הֻמְלַ֔חַתְּ
humlakhatte
“you were salted”
- Transliteration
- hum-la-KHAT-te
- Extended
- hoom-lah-KHAHT-teh
- IPA
- /humlaˈħaθ.tə/
Meaning by language
- English
- you were salted
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hum-la-KHAT-te
- phraseyour reading level
LO hum-la-KHAT-te
- 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
A series of four negated perfect verbs—lo-kārat {לֹא־כָרַת | lō-kār-rat}, lo-ru-ḥaṣ-tet {לֹא־רֻחַצְתְּ | lō-ru-ḥaṣ-tet}, lo-hum-la-ḥat-tet {לֹא הֻמְלַחַתְּ | lō-hum-la-ḥat-tet}, lo-ḥuṭ-tal-tet {לֹא חֻתָּלְתְּ | lō-ḥuṭ-tal-tet}—underscores the absence of customary postnatal care.
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 16:4:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 16:4, so the Hebrew word הֻמְלַ֔חַתְּ (humlakhatte) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.4.W12.S1) and character.