Ezekiel 18:6:17Ezek.18.6.W17TAB
יִקְרָֽב׃
yikrav
“he approaches or comes near”
- Transliteration
- yik-RAV
- Extended
- yihk-RAAV
- IPA
- /jiqˈraːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- he approaches or comes near
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
yik-RAV
- phraseyour reading level
LO yik-RAV
- clause
ve-et-E-shet re-E-hu LO tim-ME ve-el-ish-SHA nid-DA LO yik-RAV
- sentence
el-ha-he-ha-RIM LO a-KHAL ve-e-NAIV LO na-SA el-gil-lu-LE BET yis-ra-EL ve-et-E-shet re-E-hu LO tim-ME ve-el-ish-SHA nid-DA LO yik-RAV
Exegesis
The final clause ve-el ishah niddah lo yikrav {וְאֶל־אִשָּׁ֥ה נִדָּ֖ה לֹ֥א יִקְרָֽב | wə-ʾel i ššā nid-dā lō yiq-rāḇ} prohibits approach to a menstruous woman, with niddah {נִדָּה | nid-dā} ‘menstrual impurity’ as the governing noun. The parallel structure underscores comprehensive moral purity.
In context — Ezekiel 18:6
He does not eat upon the mountains , nor lift his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, nor defile the wife of his neighbor, nor approach a woman in her menstrual impurity .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:6:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Ezekiel 18:6, so the Hebrew word יִקְרָֽב׃ (yikrav) 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.18.6.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.6.W17.S1) and character.