Ezekiel 16:47:3Ezek.16.47.W3TAB
הָלַ֔כְתְּ
halakht
“you walked”
- Transliteration
- ha-LAKHT
- Extended
- haa-LAHKHT
- IPA
- /haˈlaxt/
Meaning by language
- English
- you walked
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-LAKHT
- clause
ve-LO be-dar-KHEI-hen ha-LAKHT u-ve-to-a-vo-TEI-hen a-si-TI a-SIT
- 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.
Root and etymology
h-l-kheh–lamed–kaf
“to walk, go”
In context — Ezekiel 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 16:47:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 16:47, so the Hebrew word הָלַ֔כְתְּ (halakht) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.47.W3.S1) and character.