Ezekiel 17:22:7Ezek.17.22.W7TAB
מִצַּמֶּ֧רֶת
mitstsammeret
“from the top cluster”
- Transliteration
- mits-tsam-ME-ret
- Extended
- mihts-tsahm-MEH-reht
- IPA
- /mits.tsamˈmɛrɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the top cluster
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mits-tsam-ME-ret
- phraseyour reading level
mits-tsam-ME-ret ha-E-rez
- clause
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
- 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 construct chain miṣṣammeret hā-ʾerez hā-rāmāh {מִצַּמֶּ֧רֶת הָאֶ֛רֶז הָרָמָ֖ה | miṣṣammeret hā-ʾerez hā-rāmāh} ‘from the top of the lofty cedar’ precisely locates the source of the transplant.
Root and etymology
ts-m-r
“topmost branch”
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 17:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 17:22, so the Hebrew word מִצַּמֶּ֧רֶת (mitstsammeret) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.22.W7.S1) and character.