Ezekiel 16:46:1Ezek.16.46.W1TAB
וַאֲחוֹתֵ֨ךְ
vaakhotekh
“and your sister”
- Transliteration
- va-a-KHO-tekh
- Extended
- vah-ah-KHOH-tehkh
- IPA
- /vaʔăħoːˈteːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and your sister
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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
va-a-KHO-tekh
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-KHO-tekh ha-ge-do-LA sho-me-RON
- clause
va-a-KHO-tekh ha-ge-do-LA sho-me-RON HI u-ve-no-TE-ha ha-yo-SHE-vet al-se-mo-LEKH
- sentence
va-a-KHO-tekh ha-ge-do-LA sho-me-RON HI u-ve-no-TE-ha ha-yo-SHE-vet al-se-mo-LEKH va-a-KHO-tekh ha-ke-ta-NA mi-MEKH ha-yo-SHE-vet mi-yi-mi-NEKH se-DOM u-ve-no-TE-ha
Exegesis
It begins with va'akhotekh {וַאֲחוֹתֵךְ | vaʾă-ḥō-têḵ} ‘and your sister’ to introduce the two provincial counterparts.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–chet–tav
“sister”
In context — Ezekiel 16:46
And your elder sister Samaria , with her daughters dwelling on your left, and your younger sister Sodom , with her daughters dwelling on your right.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:46:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 16:46, so the Hebrew word וַאֲחוֹתֵ֨ךְ (vaakhotekh) 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.16.46.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.46.W1.S1) and character.