Ezekiel 17:7:11Ezek.17.7.W11TAB
שָׁרֳשֶׁ֣יהָ
sharosheha
“its roots”
- Transliteration
- sha-ro-SHE-ha
- Extended
- shah-roh-SHEH-hah
- IPA
- /ʃɔrɔ̆ˈʃɛhaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- its roots
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hateph Qamets | reduced 'oh' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-ro-SHE-ha
- phraseyour reading level
kaf-NA sha-ro-SHE-ha a-LAV
- clause
ve-hin-NE ha-GE-fen ha-ZOT kaf-NA sha-ro-SHE-ha a-LAV ve-da-li-yo-TAV shil-KHA-LO le-hash-KOT o-TA me-a-ru-GOT ma-ta-A
- sentence
va-ye-HI NE-sher-e-KHAD ga-DOL ge-DOL ke-na-FA-yim ve-rav-no-TSA ve-hin-NE ha-GE-fen ha-ZOT kaf-NA sha-ro-SHE-ha a-LAV ve-da-li-yo-TAV shil-KHA-LO le-hash-KOT o-TA me-a-ru-GOT ma-ta-A
Exegesis
The perfect verbs kafnah {כָּֽפְנָ֧ה | kāpnâ} and shilchah-lo {שִׁלְחָה־לּ֔וֹ | šilḥāh-lō} ‘bent’ and ‘stretched to him’ personify its movement of roots (sharasheha {שָׁרֳשֶׁ֣יהָ | šārôšēhā}) and branches (ve-daliyotav {וְדָֽלִיּוֹתָיו֙ | wə-dālîyōtāw}).
Root and etymology
sh-r-shshin–resh–shin
“to root, take root”
In context — Ezekiel 17:7
And there was another great eagle , great in wings and abundant in plumage. And behold, this vine bent its roots toward him and stretched out its branches to him to be watered from the beds of its planting .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 17:7, so the Hebrew word שָׁרֳשֶׁ֣יהָ (sharosheha) 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.17.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.7.W11.S1) and character.