Ezekiel 20:26:5Ezek.20.26.W5TAB
כָּל־פֶּ֣טֶר
kalpeter
“every first to open”
- Transliteration
- KAL-PE-ter
- Extended
- KAAL-PEH-tehr
- IPA
- /kɔlˈpɛtɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- every first to open
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KAL-PE-ter
- phraseyour reading level
KAL-PE-ter RA-kham
- clause
va-a-tam-ME o-TAM be-mat-te-no-TAM be-ha-a-VIR KAL-PE-ter RA-kham
- sentence
va-a-tam-ME o-TAM be-mat-te-no-TAM be-ha-a-VIR KAL-PE-ter RA-kham le-MA-an a-shim-MEM le-MA-an a-SHER ye-de-U a-SHER a-NI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The construct kolpeter rachem {כָּל־פֶּטֶר רָחֶם | kol-pe-ter rā-ḥem} ‘every opener of the womb’ designates firstborn children. Two lemaan … asher clauses present divine purpose: the first (yeshimu) expresses judicial destruction, the second (yedu) expresses revelatory recognition.
Root and etymology
“to open”
In context — Ezekiel 20:26
And I defiled them through their gifts when they caused to pass every opener of the womb, so that I might devastate them, and in order that they might know that I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 20:26, so the Hebrew word כָּל־פֶּ֣טֶר (kalpeter) 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.20.26.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.26.W5.S1) and character.