Ezekiel 19:14:15Ezek.19.14.W15TAB
לְקִינָֽה׃
lekina
“for a lamentation”
- Transliteration
- le-ki-NA
- Extended
- leh-kih-NAA
- IPA
- /ləqiːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for a lamentation
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-ki-NA
- phraseyour reading level
va-te-HI le-ki-NA
- clause
ki-NA HI va-te-HI le-ki-NA
- sentence
va-te-TSE ESH mim-ma-TE vad-de-HA pir-YA a-kha-LA ve-LO-ha-YA VA mat-TE-OZ SHE-vet lim-SHOL ki-NA HI va-te-HI le-ki-NA
Exegesis
The paired statements kinah hi {קִ֥ינָה הִ֖יא | qîn-ā(h) hî(ʾ)} ‘this is a lamentation’ and vattehi lekinah {וַתְּהִ֥י לְקִינָֽה | va-tə-hî lə-qîn-ā(h)} ‘and it became a lamentation’ reinforce the dirge form.
Root and etymology
q-y-n
“lamentation”
In context — Ezekiel 19:14
And fire went out from a rod among her branches ; it consumed her fruit, and in her there remained no staff of strength or scepter to govern. This is a lamentation , and it has become a lamentation.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 19:14:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Ezekiel 19:14, so the Hebrew word לְקִינָֽה׃ (lekina) 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.19.14.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.14.W15.S1) and character.