Ezekiel 20:41:1Ezek.20.41.W1TAB
בְּרֵ֣יחַ
bereakh
“with an aroma”
- Transliteration
- be-RE-akh
- Extended
- beh-REE-akh
- IPA
- /bəˈreː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- with an aroma
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-RE-akh
- phraseyour reading level
be-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh
- sentence
be-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh e-RTSE et-KHEM be-ho-TSI-i et-KHEM min-ha-a-MIM ve-ki-BATS-ti et-KHEM min-ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER ne-fo-TSO-tem BAM ve-nik-da-SHTI ba-KHEM le-e-NE ha-go-YIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with a ritual metaphor bere’ach nichoach {בְּרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ | bə-rē-aḥ nî-ḥō-aḥ} ‘as a pleasing fragrance’, drawing on sacrificial language in Leviticus.
In context — Ezekiel 20:41
I will accept you as a pleasing fragrance when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you have been scattered, and I will be sanctified in you before the eyes of the nations.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:41:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 20:41, so the Hebrew word בְּרֵ֣יחַ (bereakh) 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.20.41.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.41.W1.S1) and character.