Ezekiel 17:3:14Ezek.17.3.W14TAB
הָֽרִקְמָ֑ה
harikma
“the embroidery”
- Transliteration
- ha-rik-MA
- Extended
- haa-rihk-MAA
- IPA
- /haːriqˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the embroidery
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-rik-MA
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ta ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH ha-NE-sher ha-ga-DOL ge-DOL ha-ke-na-FA-yim E-rekh ha-E-ver ma-LE ha-no-TSA a-sher-LO ha-rik-MA
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH ha-NE-sher ha-ga-DOL ge-DOL ha-ke-na-FA-yim E-rekh ha-E-ver ma-LE ha-no-TSA a-sher-LO ha-rik-MA BA el-hal-le-va-NON va-yik-KAKH et-tsam-ME-ret ha-A-rez
Exegesis
The relative clause asher-lo-harikmah {אֲשֶׁר־ל֖וֹ הָֽרִקְמָ֑ה| ʾă-šer-lō hā-rik-māh} specifies its variegated feathers.
Root and etymology
r-q-mresh–qof–mem
“to embroider, variegate”
In context — Ezekiel 17:3
And you shall say: “Thus says the Lord GOD , the great eagle, great in wings, long in pinion, full of feathers that had the variegation , came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Ezekiel 17:3, so the Hebrew word הָֽרִקְמָ֑ה (harikma) 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.17.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.3.W14.S1) and character.