Ezekiel 18:15:11Ezek.18.15.W11TAB
רֵעֵ֖הוּ
reehu
“his neighbor”
- Transliteration
- re-E-hu
- Extended
- reh-EH-hoo
- IPA
- /reːˈʕeː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his neighbor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
re-E-hu
- phraseyour reading level
et-E-shet re-E-hu
- clause
et-E-shet re-E-hu LO tim-ME
- sentence
al-he-ha-RIM LO a-KHAL ve-e-NAV LO na-SA el-gil-lu-LE BET yis-ra-EL et-E-shet re-E-hu LO tim-ME
Exegesis
The final clause foregrounds the direct object with et {אֶת־ | ʾet} before the construct phrase eshet rei’ehu {אֵ֥שֶׁת רֵעֵ֖הוּ | ʾē-šet rē-ʿê-hū}, and employs the Piel perfect timme {טִמֵּֽא | tim-mē} ‘he defiled’ to intensify the covenant violation. Hebrew parallelism and repetition of lo + verb + object underscore moral purity. The English rendering maintains this parallel structure with negative clauses reordered for idiomatic clarity and rhetorical balance.
Root and etymology
“neighbor”
In context — Ezekiel 18:15
He has not eaten upon the mountains , nor lifted his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, nor defiled his neighbor’s wife .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:15:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 18:15, so the Hebrew word רֵעֵ֖הוּ (reehu) 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.18.15.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.15.W11.S1) and character.