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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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Zayin | z as in zero |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-E-rez
- phraseyour reading level
le-E-rez a-DIR
- 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
- 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 context — Ezekiel 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.