Ezekiel 19:5:7Ezek.19.5.W7TAB
אֶחָ֥ד
ekhad
“one”
- Transliteration
- e-KHAD
- Extended
- eh-KHAAD
- IPA
- /ʔɛˈħaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- one
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
e-KHAD
- phraseyour reading level
e-KHAD mi-gu-RE-ha
- clause
va-tik-KAKH e-KHAD mi-gu-RE-ha ke-FIR sa-MA-te-HU
- sentence
va-TE-RE KI no-kha-LA av-de-DA tik-va-TA va-tik-KAKH e-KHAD mi-gu-RE-ha ke-FIR sa-MA-te-HU
Exegesis
The sequence vatikkach {וַתִּקַּ֛ח | waṯtîq-qāḥ} ‘and she took’ paired with echad {אֶחָ֥ד | ʾeḥāḏ} ‘one’ uses a second wayyiqtol to denote the decisive action of selecting a single offspring, with miggureha {מִגֻּרֶ֖יהָ | mî-gû-rê-hā} ‘from her cubs’ forming a construct relation.
Root and etymology
ʾ-ḥ-daleph–chet–dalet
“one”
In context — Ezekiel 19:5
When she saw that she had waited in vain and her hope had perished, she took one of her cubs and made him a young lion .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 19:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 19:5, so the Hebrew word אֶחָ֥ד (ekhad) 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.19.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.5.W7.S1) and character.