Ezekiel 17:9:14Ezek.17.9.W14TAB
צִמְחָהּ֙
tsimkha
“its sprouting”
- Transliteration
- tsim-KHA
- Extended
- tsihm-KHAA
- IPA
- /tsimˈħaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- its sprouting
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsim-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
kal-tar-PE tsim-KHA
- clause
ha-LO et-sha-ra-SHE-ha ye-nat-TEK ve-et-pir-YA ye-ko-SES ve-ya-VESH kal-tar-PE tsim-KHA ti-VASH ve-LO-viz-RO-a ge-do-LA u-ve-am-RAV le-mas-OT o-TA mish-sha-ra-SHE-ha
- sentence
e-MOR KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH tits-LAKH ha-LO et-sha-ra-SHE-ha ye-nat-TEK ve-et-pir-YA ye-ko-SES ve-ya-VESH kal-tar-PE tsim-KHA ti-VASH ve-LO-viz-RO-a ge-do-LA u-ve-am-RAV le-mas-OT o-TA mish-sha-ra-SHE-ha
Exegesis
The construct kol-tarpei tzimchah {כָּל־טַרְפֵּי צִמְחָהּ | kāl-tar-pê tzim-ḥāh} ‘all the leaves of its growth’ expresses totality of withering.
Root and etymology
Roottsadi–mem–chet
“to sprout, grow”
In context — Ezekiel 17:9
Say, “Thus says the Lord God : Will it thrive ? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit so that all the leaves of its growth wither? It will wither, and by no strong arm or by many people will it be lifted up from its roots.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:9:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Ezekiel 17:9, so the Hebrew word צִמְחָהּ֙ (tsimkha) 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.17.9.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.9.W14.S1) and character.