Ezekiel 17:15:8Ezek.17.15.W8TAB
הֲיִצְלָ֤ח
hayitslakh
“will he prosper”
- Transliteration
- ha-yits-LAKH
- Extended
- hah-yih츠-LAAKH
- IPA
- /hăjitsˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- will he prosper
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-yits-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
ha-yits-LAKH ha-yim-MA-LET
- clause
ha-yits-LAKH ha-yim-MA-LET ha-o-SE E-LE ve-HE-FER be-RIT ve-nim-LAT
- sentence
va-yim-RAD-BO lish-lo-AKH mal-a-KHAV mits-ra-YIM la-TET-LO su-SIM ve-AM-RAV ha-yits-LAKH ha-yim-MA-LET ha-o-SE E-LE ve-HE-FER be-RIT ve-nim-LAT
Exegesis
A series of rhetorical questions hayitzlach {הֲיִצְלָח | hăyiṣlāḥ} and hayimmalet {הֲיִמָּלֵט | hăyimmālēṭ} challenge the possibility of success or escape.
Root and etymology
l-ḥlamed–het
“moist”
In context — Ezekiel 17:15
But he rebelled against him by sending his envoys to Egypt to obtain horses and a great people. Will he succeed? Will the one who does these things escape? Can he break a covenant and be delivered?
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 17:15, so the Hebrew word הֲיִצְלָ֤ח (hayitslakh) 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.17.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.15.W8.S1) and character.