Ezekiel 19:4:7Ezek.19.4.W7TAB
בַֽחַחִ֖ים
vakhakhim
“with hooks”
- Transliteration
- va-kha-KHIM
- Extended
- vah-khah-KHEEM
- IPA
- /vaħaˈħiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- with hooks
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-kha-KHIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-vi-U-hu va-kha-KHIM
- clause
va-ye-vi-U-hu va-kha-KHIM el-E-rets mits-ra-YIM
- sentence
va-yish-me-U e-LAIV go-YIM be-shakh-TAM nit-PA-s va-ye-vi-U-hu va-kha-KHIM el-E-rets mits-ra-YIM
Exegesis
The instrument bakhachim {בַֽחַחִים | baḥḥîm} ‘with hooks’ underscores brutality, and the prepositional chain el erets mitzrayim {אֶל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם | ʾel-ʾereṣ miṣrāyim} situates the outcome as exile in Egypt. English word order and punctuation have been adapted for clarity while preserving the Hebrew narrative flow and emphasis.
Root and etymology
ḥ-ḥḥ-ḥ
“hook”
In context — Ezekiel 19:4
The nations heard of him; they captured him in their pit, and they hauled him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 19:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 19:4, so the Hebrew word בַֽחַחִ֖ים (vakhakhim) 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.19.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.4.W7.S1) and character.