Ezekiel 17:9:21Ezek.17.9.W21TAB

מִשָּׁרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃

mishsharasheha

from its roots

Transliteration
mish-sha-ra-SHE-ha
Extended
mihsh-shaa-rah-SHEH-haah
IPA
/miʃ.ʃaːraˈʃɛhaː/

Meaning by language

English
from its roots

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Result
מִש + שָּׁ + רָ + שֶֽׁי + הָ׃
mish + sha + ra + she + ha
mishsharasheha

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    mish-sha-ra-SHE-ha

  2. 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

  3. 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

Finally, the infinitive construct lemasot otah mi-sharaseha {לְמַשְׂאֵת אוֹתָהּ מִשָּׁרָשֶׁיהָ | lə-maś-ʾōṯ ʾō-ṯāh mi-šā-rā-šê-hā} ‘to lift it up from its roots’ completes the vision of inevitable uprooting. The interplay of questions and verbs underscores the certainty of divine judgment.

Root and etymology

שׁ־ר־שׁ

to take root

In contextEzekiel 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 17:9:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Ezekiel 17:9, so the Hebrew word מִשָּׁרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃ (mishsharasheha) 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.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.9.W21.S1) and character.