Ezekiel 16:9:1Ezek.16.9.W1TAB
וָאֶרְחָצֵ֣ךְ
vaerkhatsekh
“and I bathed you”
- Transliteration
- va-er-kha-TSEKH
- Extended
- vaa-eh-rhha-TSAY-kheh
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔɛr.ħaˈtseːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I bathed you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| 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
va-er-kha-TSEKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-er-kha-TSEKH ba-ma-YIM
- clause
va-er-kha-TSEKH ba-ma-YIM va-esh-TOF da-ma-YIKH me-a-la-YIKH
- sentence
va-er-kha-TSEKH ba-ma-YIM va-esh-TOF da-ma-YIKH me-a-la-YIKH va-a-su-KHEKH ba-sha-MEN
Exegesis
The first verb va'erḥatzekh {וָאֶרְחָצֵךְ | wā-ʾer-ḥā-tzēḵ} ‘I washed you’ pairs with bamayim {בַּמַּיִם | ba-mā-yim} ‘with water’, establishing cleansing.
In context — Ezekiel 16:9
I washed you with water, rinsed your blood from upon you, and anointed you with oil.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 16:9, so the Hebrew word וָאֶרְחָצֵ֣ךְ (vaerkhatsekh) 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.16.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.9.W1.S1) and character.