Ezekiel 16:49:9Ezek.16.49.W9TAB
הַשְׁקֵ֗ט
hashiket
“ease”
- Transliteration
- ha-shi-KET
- Extended
- hah-shih-KET
- IPA
- /haʃqeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- ease
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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Word in context
- word
ha-shi-KET
- phraseyour reading level
ve-shal-VAT ha-shi-KET
- clause
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
- 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
Exegesis
The construct chain sivʿat-leḥem {שִׂבְעַת־לֶחֶם | sivʿat-leḥem} ‘abundance of bread’ denotes surplus provision, and väšalvaṯ haššeqeṭ {וְשַׁלְוַת הַשְׁקֵט | väšalvaṯ haššeqeṭ} ‘prosperity of ease’ links calm with complacency.
Root and etymology
q-tqof–tet
“small, little”
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 16:49:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 16:49, so the Hebrew word הַשְׁקֵ֗ט (hashiket) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.49.W9.S1) and character.