Ezekiel 17:8:1Ezek.17.8.W1TAB

אֶל־שָׂ֥דֶה

elsade

to a field

Transliteration
el-sa-DE
Extended
ehl-sah-DEH
IPA
/ʔɛl.ˈsaːðɛ/

Meaning by language

English
to a field

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Result
אֶל + שָׂ֥ + דֶה
el + sa + de
elsade

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Daletd as in door
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    el-sa-DE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    el-sa-DE TOV

  3. clause

    el-sa-DE TOV el-ma-YIM ra-BIM HI she-tu-LA

  4. sentence

    el-sa-DE TOV el-ma-YIM ra-BIM HI she-tu-LA la-a-SOT a-NAF ve-la-SET PE-ri lih-ye-OT le-GE-fen a-DA-ret

Exegesis

The verse opens with the prepositional phrase el-sadeh tov el-mayim rabbim {אֶל־שָׂ֥דֶה טּ֛וֹב אֶל־מַ֥יִם רַבִּ֖ים | ʾel-sā-deh ṭōv ʾel-ma-yim ra-ḇim} ‘to a good field and to abundant waters,’ which establishes an irrigated planting context.

Root and etymology

s-d-hshin–dalet–he

cultivated land

In contextEzekiel 17:8

She was planted in a good field by many waters , to produce a branch and to bear fruit, and to become a noble vine .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 17:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 17:8, so the Hebrew word אֶל־שָׂ֥דֶה (elsade) 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.17.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.8.W1.S1) and character.