Ezekiel 20:6:13Ezek.20.6.W13TAB
חָלָב֙
khalav
“milk”
- Transliteration
- kha-LAV
- Extended
- khaa-LAAV
- IPA
- /ħaːˈlaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- milk
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
kha-LAV
- phraseyour reading level
za-VAT kha-LAV
- clause
el-E-rets a-sher-TAR-ti la-HEM za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH tse-VI HI le-khol-ha-a-ra-TSOT
- sentence
ba-YOM ha-HU na-SA-ti ya-DI la-HEM le-ho-tsi-AM me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM el-E-rets a-sher-TAR-ti la-HEM za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH tse-VI HI le-khol-ha-a-ra-TSOT
Exegesis
The participle zavat {זָבַת | zā-vaṯ} ‘flowing’ forms a construct chain with chalav udevash {חָלָב וּדְבַשׁ | ḥā-lāv û-ḏə-vāš} ‘milk and honey’, an idiom of fertility and abundance.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–lamed–bet
“milk”
In context — Ezekiel 20:6
On that day I lifted My hand to them to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had sought out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, which is the beauty of all the lands.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:6:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Ezekiel 20:6, so the Hebrew word חָלָב֙ (khalav) 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.20.6.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.6.W13.S1) and character.