Ezekiel 16:47:2Ezek.16.47.W2TAB

בְדַרְכֵיהֶן֙

bedarkheihen

in their ways

Transliteration
be-dar-KHEI-hen
Extended
beh-dahr-KHEE-hehn
IPA
/bədarˈxeːhɛn/

Meaning by language

English
in their ways

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְ + דַרְ + כֵי + הֶן֙
be + dar + khei + hen
bedarkheihen

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Daletd as in door
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-dar-KHEI-hen

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-LO be-dar-KHEI-hen

  3. clause

    ve-LO be-dar-KHEI-hen ha-LAKHT u-ve-to-a-vo-TEI-hen a-si-TI a-SIT

  4. sentence

    ve-LO be-dar-KHEI-hen ha-LAKHT u-ve-to-a-vo-TEI-hen a-si-TI a-SIT kim-E-at KAT va-tash-khi-TI me-HEN be-KHOL-de-ra-KHA-yikh

Exegesis

A parallel structure appears between bedarkheihen halakht {בְּדַרְכֵיהֶן הָלַכְתְּ | bə-ḏar-kā-hên hā-lākht} and uvetoavoteihen asit {וּבְתוֹעֲבֹתֵיהֶן עָשִׂית | ū-və-ṯō-ʿă-ḇō-ṯê-hên ʿā-śît}, reinforcing the behavioral contrast.

In contextEzekiel 16:47

And you did not walk in their ways, nor did you do according to their abominations ; but as if that were a very small thing, you corrupted yourself more than they in all your ways.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 16:47:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 16:47, so the Hebrew word בְדַרְכֵיהֶן֙ (bedarkheihen) 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.16.47.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.47.W2.S1) and character.