Ezekiel 19:7:9Ezek.19.7.W9TAB
שַׁאֲגָתֽוֹ׃
shaagato
“his roaring”
- Transliteration
- sha-a-ga-TO
- Extended
- shah-ah-gah-TOH
- IPA
- /ʃa.ʔăɣaˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his roaring
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
sha-a-ga-TO
- clause
va-TE-sham E-rets u-me-lo-A mi-KOL sha-a-ga-TO
- sentence
va-YE-da al-me-no-TAV ve-a-re-HEM he-khe-RIV va-TE-sham E-rets u-me-lo-A mi-KOL sha-a-ga-TO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase miqqol shaagato {מִקּוֹל שַׁאֲגָתוֹ | miqqōl shaʾăgāṯō} ‘from the sound of his roaring’ provides the causal explanation for this devastation, reinforcing the lion-like imagery from earlier context.
Root and etymology
š-ʾ-gshin–aleph–gimel
“to roar”
In context — Ezekiel 19:7
And he knew their widows, and he laid waste their cities; the land and all its fullness were appalled at the sound of his roaring.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 19:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 19:7, so the Hebrew word שַׁאֲגָתֽוֹ׃ (shaagato) 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.19.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.7.W9.S1) and character.