Ezekiel 20:30:14Ezek.20.30.W14TAB
שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֗ם
shikutsehem
“their detestable things”
- Transliteration
- shi-ku-tse-HEM
- Extended
- shih-koo-tseh-HEHM
- IPA
- /vəʔaħăˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- their detestable things
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shi-ku-tse-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-kha-REI shi-ku-tse-HEM
- sentence
la-KHEN e-MOR el-BET yis-ra-EL KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI hab-de-REKH a-vo-te-KHEM a-TEM nit-me-IM ve-a-kha-REI shi-ku-tse-HEM a-TEM zo-NIM
Exegesis
The construct shikkuzeihem {שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶם | šiqqū-ṣê-hem} designates abhorrent idolatrous objects. The English rendition preserves the Hebrew’s interrogative parallelism and prophetic urgency.
In context — Ezekiel 20:30
Therefore say to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord GOD —Is it in the way of your fathers that you defile yourselves and after their abominations you commit harlotry?”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:30:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Ezekiel 20:30, so the Hebrew word שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֗ם (shikutsehem) 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.20.30.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.30.W14.S1) and character.