Ezekiel 17:7:14Ezek.17.7.W14TAB

שִׁלְחָה־לּ֔וֹ

shilkhalo

it sent forth to him

Transliteration
shil-KHA-LO
Extended
shihl-KHAH-LOH
IPA
/ʃilˈħaːl.loː/

Meaning by language

English
it sent forth to him

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
שִׁלְ + חָה + לּ֔וֹ
shil + kha + lo
shilkhalo

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    shil-KHA-LO

  2. 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

  3. 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

l-ḥlamed–het

moist

In contextEzekiel 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 17:7:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Ezekiel 17:7, so the Hebrew word שִׁלְחָה־לּ֔וֹ (shilkhalo) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.7.W14.S1) and character.