Ezekiel 21:10:4Ezek.21.10.W4TABWLC Ezekiel 21:15

הוּחַ֔דָה

hukhada

it was sharpened

Transliteration
hu-kha-DA
Extended
hoo-khah-DAA
IPA
/huː.ħaˈdaː/

Meaning by language

English
it was sharpened

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הוּ + חַ֔ + דָה
hu + kha + da
hukhada

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    hu-kha-DA

  2. clause

    le-MA-an te-VO-akh TE-vakh hu-kha-DA le-MA-an-he-YE-la-TSA ba-RAK mo-RA-ta

  3. sentence

    le-MA-an te-VO-akh TE-vakh hu-kha-DA le-MA-an-he-YE-la-TSA ba-RAK mo-RA-ta O na-SI-s SHE-vet be-NI mo-E-set KAL-ETS

Exegesis

The passive hû-ḥad-dāh {הוּחַ֔דָּה | hû-ḥad-dāh} ‘it has been sharpened’ presents the weapon as already prepared, emphasizing inevitability rather than deliberation by any human subject.

In contextEzekiel 21:10

In order to slaughter, to slaughter, it has been sharpened; in order for it to become a flash of lightning , it has been polished. Or shall we rejoice? It is rejecting the rod of My son like every tree.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 21:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 21:10, so the Hebrew word הוּחַ֔דָה (hukhada) 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.21.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.10.W4.S1) and character.