Ezekiel 17:4:7Ezek.17.4.W7TAB
כְּנַ֔עַן
kenaan
“Canaan”
- Transliteration
- ke-NA-an
- Extended
- keh-NAH-an
- IPA
- /kəˈnaʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- Canaan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-NA-an
- phraseyour reading level
el-E-rets ke-NA-an
- clause
va-ye-vi-E-HU el-E-rets ke-NA-an be-IR ro-khe-LIM SA-mo
- sentence
ET ROSH ye-ni-KO-ta-yv ka-TAF va-ye-vi-E-HU el-E-rets ke-NA-an be-IR ro-khe-LIM SA-mo
Exegesis
The prepositional clause el {אֶל־ | ʾel} eretz {אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾe-reṣ} kenaʿan {כְּנַ֔עַן | kə-na-ʿan} indicates movement into Canaan, while beir {בְּעִ֥יר | bə-ʿîr} rochlim {רֹכְלִ֖ים | rōḵ-lîm} ‘in a city of merchants’ establishes the commercial setting.
In context — Ezekiel 17:4
He plucked the very top of its young shoots and brought it to the land of Canaan; in a city of merchants he set it.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 17:4, so the Hebrew word כְּנַ֔עַן (kenaan) 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.17.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.4.W7.S1) and character.