Ezekiel 17:2:3Ezek.17.2.W3TAB
חִידָ֖ה
khida
“a riddle”
- Transliteration
- khi-DA
- Extended
- khih-DAA
- IPA
- /ħiːˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a riddle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khi-DA
- phraseyour reading level
KHUD khi-DA
- clause
ben-A-dam KHUD khi-DA u-me-SHOL ma-SHAL
- sentence
ben-A-dam KHUD khi-DA u-me-SHOL ma-SHAL el-BET yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The coordinated imperatives chud {ח֥וּד | ḥûḏ} ‘pose’ and u-meshol {וּמְשֹׁ֣ל | û-mə-šōl} ‘speak’ command delivery of two literary forms: chidah {חִידָ֖ה | ḥî-ḏāh} ‘riddle,’ an enigmatic utterance prompting reflection, and mashal {מָשָׁ֑ל | mā-šāl} ‘parable,’ an illustrative narrative.
Root and etymology
ḥ-y-dChet–Yod–Dalet
“riddle, enigma”
In context — Ezekiel 17:2
Son of man , pose a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 17:2, so the Hebrew word חִידָ֖ה (khida) 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.17.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.2.W3.S1) and character.