Ezekiel 17:23:10Ezek.17.23.W10TAB

לְאֶ֣רֶז

leerez

into a cedar

Transliteration
le-E-rez
Extended
leh-EH-rehz
IPA
/ləˈʔɛ.rɛz/

Meaning by language

English
into a cedar

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Result
לְ + אֶ֣ + רֶז
le + e + rez
leerez

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Zayinz as in zero

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-E-rez

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-E-rez a-DIR

  3. clause

    be-HAR me-ROM yis-ra-EL esh-to-le-NU ve-na-SA a-NAF ve-a-SA pe-RI ve-ha-YA le-E-rez a-DIR

  4. sentence

    be-HAR me-ROM yis-ra-EL esh-to-le-NU ve-na-SA a-NAF ve-a-SA pe-RI ve-ha-YA le-E-rez a-DIR ve-sha-khe-NU takh-TA-yv KOL tsi-POR kal-ka-NAF be-TSEL da-li-yo-TA-yv tish-ko-NA

Exegesis

A sequence of perfect verbs—venasa anaf {וְנָשָׂא עָנָף | wə-nā-śāʼ ʿā-nāp} ‘it will send forth a branch’, ve’asa peri {וְעָשָׂה פֶרִי | wə-ʿā-sāh pē-rī} ‘and make fruit’, vehayah le’erez addir {וְהָיָה לְאֶרֶז אַדִּיר | wə-hā-yāh lə-ʾē-rēz ’aḏ-ḏîr} ‘and it will become a mighty cedar’—creates a stepwise portrayal of growth and transformation.

Root and etymology

א־ר־ז

cedar

In contextEzekiel 17:23

On the high mountain of Israel I will plant it, and it will send out branches and produce fruit and will become a mighty cedar ; and beneath it will dwell every bird of every wing, and in the shade of its branches they will nest.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 17:23:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 17:23, so the Hebrew word לְאֶ֣רֶז (leerez) 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.17.23.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.23.W10.S1) and character.