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
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shil-KHA-LO
- 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
l-ḥlamed–het
“moist”
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 17:7:14 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.