Ezekiel 17:6:4Ezek.17.6.W4TAB

סֹרַ֜חַת

sorakhat

spreading

Transliteration
so-ra-KHAT
Extended
soh-rah-KHAT
IPA
/soːraˈħat/

Meaning by language

English
spreading

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Result
סֹ + רַ֜ + חַת
so + ra + khat
sorakhat

Alphabet Analysis

Samekhs as in sit
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    so-ra-KHAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-HI le-GE-fen so-ra-KHAT

  3. clause

    va-yits-MAKH va-ye-HI le-GE-fen so-ra-KHAT shif-LAT ko-MA lif-NOT da-li-yo-TAV e-LAV ve-sha-ra-SHAV takh-TAV yih-YU

  4. sentence

    va-yits-MAKH va-ye-HI le-GE-fen so-ra-KHAT shif-LAT ko-MA lif-NOT da-li-yo-TAV e-LAV ve-sha-ra-SHAV takh-TAV yih-YU vat-te-HI le-GE-fen vat-ta-AS ba-DIM vat-te-shal-LAKH po-ROT

Exegesis

The infinitive construct plus participle le-gefen sorakhat {לְגֶ֨פֶן סֹרַ֜חַת | lə-ge-fen sorakh-khat} conveys a resulting state “a vine spreading,” while the construct chain shiflat komah {שִׁפְלַ֣ת קוֹמָ֗ה | shif-lat kô-mâ} attributes “low stature.”

In contextEzekiel 17:6

And it sprouted and became a spreading vine of low stature , so that its branches turned toward him, and its roots were under it; and it became a vine and produced branches and sent out tendrils.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 17:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 17:6, so the Hebrew word סֹרַ֜חַת (sorakhat) 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.17.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.6.W4.S1) and character.