Ezekiel 16:4:6Ezek.16.4.W6TAB

שָׁרֵּ֔ךְ

sharekh

your navel cord

Transliteration
sha-REKH
Extended
shaa-REEKH
IPA
/ʃaːˈreːx/

Meaning by language

English
your navel cord

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Result
שָׁ + רֵּ֔ךְ
sha + rekh
sharekh

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    sha-REKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lo-KAR-rat sha-REKH

  3. clause

    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

  4. 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

Šārēkh {שָׁרֵךְ | šārēkh} functions as the object of lo-kārat, referring to the umbilical cord, while the purpose phrase lə-miš-ʿî {לְמִשְׁעִי | lə-miš-ʿî} ‘for cleansing’ complements the washing clause.

Root and etymology

ש־ר־ך

navel

In contextEzekiel 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 16:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 16:4, so the Hebrew word שָׁרֵּ֔ךְ (sharekh) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.4.W6.S1) and character.