Ezekiel 20:30:9Ezek.20.30.W9TAB
הַבְּדֶ֖רֶךְ
habderekh
“in the way of”
- Transliteration
- hab-de-REKH
- Extended
- hahb-deh-REHkh
- IPA
- /jəhoˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the way of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hab-de-REKH
- 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 interrogative particle ha {הֲ | ha} introduces a rhetorical question in the clause bederakh avoteikhem {בְדֶרֶךְ אֲבֹתֵיכֶם | bə-ḏe-re-kh ʾă-ḇō-ṯê-ḵem} ‘in the way of your fathers’.
Root and etymology
Rootd-r-k
“way, conduct”
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 20:30:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 20:30, so the Hebrew word הַבְּדֶ֖רֶךְ (habderekh) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.30.W9.S1) and character.