Ezekiel 18:29:14Ezek.18.29.W14TAB
דַרְכֵיכֶ֖ם
darkhekhem
“your ways”
- Transliteration
- dar-khe-KHEM
- Extended
- dahr-kheh-KHEEM
- IPA
- /dar.xeːˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- your ways
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
dar-khe-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-LO dar-khe-KHEM
- clause
had-de-ra-KHAI LO yit-ta-khe-NU BET yis-re-EL ha-LO dar-khe-KHEM LO yit-ta-KHEN
- sentence
ve-AM-reu BET yis-re-EL LO yit-ta-KHEN DE-rekh a-do-NAI had-de-ra-KHAI LO yit-ta-khe-NU BET yis-re-EL ha-LO dar-khe-KHEM LO yit-ta-KHEN
Exegesis
A parallel rhetorical question halō darkheikhem lo yittakhen {הֲלֹא דַרְכֵיכֶם לֹא יִתָּכֵן | ha-lōʾ dar-khe-khem lōʾ yit-tā-khēn} contrasts divine and human conduct, reinforcing the challenge to Israel’s sense of fairness.
In context — Ezekiel 18:29
And the house of Israel says, “The way of the Lord is not fair .” Are My ways not fair, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are not fair?
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:29:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Ezekiel 18:29, so the Hebrew word דַרְכֵיכֶ֖ם (darkhekhem) 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.18.29.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.29.W14.S1) and character.