Ezekiel 17:23:12Ezek.17.23.W12TAB
וְשָׁכְנ֣וּ
veshakhenu
“and they will dwell”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-khe-NU
- Extended
- veh-shaa-kheh-NOO
- IPA
- /vəʃɔː.xəˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will dwell
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-sha-khe-NU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sha-khe-NU takh-TA-yv
- clause
ve-sha-khe-NU takh-TA-yv KOL tsi-POR kal-ka-NAF be-TSEL da-li-yo-TA-yv tish-ko-NA
- 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
The collective dwelling clause veshachenu tachtav kol tsippor kol-kanaph {וְשָׁכְנוּ תַּחְתָּיו צִפּוֹר כָּל־כָּנָף | wə-šaḵ-nû taḥ-tāw ṣip-pôr kōl-kā-nāp} ‘all birds of every wing will dwell under it’ employs repetition and parallelism to stress inclusivity.
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 17:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 17:23, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁכְנ֣וּ (veshakhenu) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.23.W12.S1) and character.