Ezekiel 16:49:5Ezek.16.49.W5TAB
אֲחוֹתֵ֑ךְ
akhotekh
“your sister”
- Transliteration
- a-kho-TEKH
- Extended
- ah-khoh-TEKH
- IPA
- /ʔăħoːˈteːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- your sister
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
a-kho-TEKH
- phraseyour reading level
se-DOM a-kho-TEKH
- clause
hin-NE-ze ha-YA a-VON se-DOM a-kho-TEKH
- sentence
hin-NE-ze ha-YA a-VON se-DOM a-kho-TEKH ga-ON siv-AT-le-khem ve-shal-VAT ha-shi-KET ha-YA LAH ve-liv-no-TE-ha ve-YAD-a-NI ve-ev-YON LO he-khe-ZI-ka
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–chet–tav
“sister”
In context — Ezekiel 16:49
Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, abundance of bread, and prosperity of ease were hers and her daughters’, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:49:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 16:49, so the Hebrew word אֲחוֹתֵ֑ךְ (akhotekh) 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.16.49.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.49.W5.S1) and character.