Ezekiel 21:10:6Ezek.21.10.W6TABWLC Ezekiel 21:15
בָּ֖רָק
barak
“lightning”
- Transliteration
- ba-RAK
- Extended
- baa-RAAK
- IPA
- /baˈraːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- lightning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-RAK
- phraseyour reading level
le-MA-an-he-YE-la-TSA ba-RAK
- clause
le-MA-an te-VO-akh TE-vakh hu-kha-DA le-MA-an-he-YE-la-TSA ba-RAK mo-RA-ta
- 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 chained lemaan-hiyeh-lah {לְמַעַן־הִיֵּה־לָּ֖הּ | lə-maʿan-hî-yêh-lāh} ‘in order that it may become for it’ introduces a second purpose: the metaphor bā-rāq {בָּ֣רָק | bā-rāq} ‘lightning/flash’ portrays the blade’s brilliance as a sign of imminent striking, and mō-rā-ṭāh {מֹרָ֑טָה | mō-rā-ṭāh} ‘it has been polished’ reinforces this readiness with another passive that foregrounds the completed state.
Root and etymology
consonantsBet–Resh–Qof
“to flash”
In context — Ezekiel 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 21:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 21:10, so the Hebrew word בָּ֖רָק (barak) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.10.W6.S1) and character.