Ezekiel 17:3:5Ezek.17.3.W5TAB
הַנֶּ֤שֶׁר
hanesher
“the eagle”
- Transliteration
- ha-NE-sher
- Extended
- hah-NEH-shehr
- IPA
- /hanˈnɛʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the eagle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-NE-sher
- phraseyour reading level
ha-NE-sher ha-ga-DOL
- 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
A sequence of noun-adjective constructs—hanesher hagadol {הַנֶּשֶׁר הַגָּדוֹל| han-ne-šer ha-gā-ḏōl}, gedol haknafayim {גְּד֤וֹל הַכְּנָפַ֙יִם| gə-ḏōl ha-kə-na-fā-yim}, erekh haever {אֶ֣רֶךְ הָאֵ֔בֶר| ʾe-reḵ hā-ʾê-ḇer}, and male hanotse {מָלֵא֙ הַנּוֹצָ֔ה| mā-lēʾ han-nō-ṣāh}—builds the image of the majestic eagle.
Root and etymology
n-sh-rnun–shin–resh
“eagle, vulture”
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 17:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 17:3, so the Hebrew word הַנֶּ֤שֶׁר (hanesher) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.3.W5.S1) and character.