Ezekiel 16:7:11Ezek.16.7.W11TAB

נָכֹ֙נוּ֙

nakhonu

were established or were formed

Transliteration
na-KHO-nu
Extended
naa-KHOH-noo
IPA
/naːˈxoːnuː/

Meaning by language

English
were established or were formed

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Result
נָ + כֹ֙ + נוּ֙
na + kho + nu
nakhonu

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nunn as in new
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    na-KHO-nu

  2. phraseyour reading level

    sha-DA-YIM na-KHO-nu

  3. clause

    sha-DA-YIM na-KHO-nu u-se-a-REKH tsi-ME-akh ve-AT e-ROM ve-er-YA

  4. sentence

    re-va-VA ke-TSE-makh ha-sa-DE ne-ta-TIKH va-tir-BI va-tig-de-LI va-ta-VO-i ba-a-DI a-da-YIM sha-DA-YIM na-KHO-nu u-se-a-REKH tsi-ME-akh ve-AT e-ROM ve-er-YA

Exegesis

The dual noun shadayim {שָׁדַיִם | šā-ḏā-yim} ‘breasts’ with the Nifal perfect nakhonu {נָכֹנוּ | nā-ḵō-nû} marks physical formation, and the phrase usearekh tsimeach {וּשְׂעָרֵךְ צִמֵּחַ | u-šə-‘ā-rêḵ ṣi-mē-aḥ} ‘and your hair grew’ further signals maturation.

In contextEzekiel 16:7

I made you a multitude like a sprout of the field; you multiplied and grew and came into the fullness of adornments. Your breasts were formed, and your hair grew; yet you remained naked and bare.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 16:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 16:7, so the Hebrew word נָכֹ֙נוּ֙ (nakhonu) 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.16.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.7.W11.S1) and character.