Ezekiel 17:22:13Ezek.17.22.W13TAB
רַ֣ךְ
rakh
“tender”
- Transliteration
- RAKH
- Extended
- RAHKH
- IPA
- /ˈraχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- tender
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
RAKH
- phraseyour reading level
RAKH ek-TOF
- clause
me-ROSH yon-ke-TAIV RAKH ek-TOF ve-sha-TAL-ti a-NI AL har-ga-VO-ha ve-ta-LUL
- sentence
KO a-MAR a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VAH ve-la-kakh-TI a-NI mits-tsam-ME-ret ha-E-rez ha-ra-MA ve-na-TAT-ti me-ROSH yon-ke-TAIV RAKH ek-TOF ve-sha-TAL-ti a-NI AL har-ga-VO-ha ve-ta-LUL
Exegesis
The infinitival clause mē-rōʾš yōnəqōṯāyw raḥ ʾeqṭōp̄ {מֵרֹאשׁ יֹנְקוֹתָיו רַךְ אֶקְטֹף | mē-rōʾš yōnəqōṯāyw raḥ ʾeqṭōp̄} ‘from the top of its young twigs a tender one I will pluck’ heightens vivid imagery and suspense.
Root and etymology
r-k-h
“tender”
In context — Ezekiel 17:22
Thus says the Lord GOD : I Myself will take from the top of the lofty cedar and set it; from the top of its young twigs I will pluck a tender one, and I Myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:22:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Ezekiel 17:22, so the Hebrew word רַ֣ךְ (rakh) 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.17.22.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.22.W13.S1) and character.