Ezekiel 16:46:9Ezek.16.46.W9TAB
הַקְּטַנָּ֣ה
haketana
“the small or the younger”
- Transliteration
- ha-ke-ta-NA
- Extended
- hah-keh-tah-NAA
- IPA
- /hak.qətaˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the small or the younger
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ke-ta-NA
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ke-ta-NA mi-MEKH
- clause
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
- 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
The adjectives hagg’dolah {הַגְּדוֹלָה | ha-ḡə-ḏō-lā} ‘the greater’ and haqtannah {הַקְּטַנָּה | ha-qə-ṭan-nā} ‘the smaller’ signal the hierarchical ranking.
Root and etymology
q-tqof–tet
“small, little”
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 16:46:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 16:46, so the Hebrew word הַקְּטַנָּ֣ה (haketana) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.46.W9.S1) and character.