Ezekiel 17:23:4Ezek.17.23.W4TAB
אֶשְׁתֳּלֶ֔נּוּ
eshtolenu
“I will plant it”
- Transliteration
- esh-to-le-NU
- Extended
- ehsh-toh-leh-NOO
- IPA
- /ʔɛʃ.tɔ̆.lɛˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will plant it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hateph Qamets | reduced 'oh' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
esh-to-le-NU
- 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
The verse opens with the first-person future verb eshtolennu {אֶשְׁתֳּלֶ֔נּוּ | ’ĕš-tō-lə-nnû} ‘I will plant it’, establishing divine agency.
Root and etymology
ש־ת־ל
“to plant, set in place”
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 17:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 17:23, so the Hebrew word אֶשְׁתֳּלֶ֔נּוּ (eshtolenu) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.23.W4.S1) and character.