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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-sa-DE
- phraseyour reading level
el-sa-DE TOV
- clause
el-sa-DE TOV el-ma-YIM ra-BIM HI she-tu-LA
- 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 context — Ezekiel 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.