Ezekiel 21:12:8Ezek.21.12.W8TABWLC Ezekiel 21:17

בְּכָל־נְשִׂיאֵ֣י

bekholnesiei

against all princes of

Transliteration
be-khol-ne-si-EI
Extended
beh-khol-neh-sih-EE
IPA
/bəkɔl.nəsiːˈʔeː/

Meaning by language

English
against all princes of

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + כָל + נְ + שִׂי + אֵ֣י
be + khol + ne + si + ei
bekholnesiei

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Nunn as in new
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-khol-ne-si-EI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-khol-ne-si-EI yis-ra-EL

  3. clause

    ze-AK ve-HEI-lel ben-A-DAM ki-HI hai-TA be-a-MI HI be-khol-ne-si-EI yis-ra-EL

  4. sentence

    ze-AK ve-HEI-lel ben-A-DAM ki-HI hai-TA be-a-MI HI be-khol-ne-si-EI yis-ra-EL me-gu-REI el-KHE-rev ha-YU et-a-MI la-KHEN se-POK el-ya-REKH

Exegesis

A parallel clause begins with hi {הִיא | hîʾ} ‘it is’ and u-vekhol {וּבְכָל | û-ḇə-ḵāl} ‘and upon all’, linking nesiei {נְשִׂיאֵי | nə-śî-ʾê} ‘princes’ of yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiś-rā-ʾēl}.

Root and etymology

Rootn-sh-'-

to lift, rule

In contextEzekiel 21:12

Cry out and wail, son of man, for it has come upon My people; it is against all the princes of Israel; they are handed over to the sword with My people. Therefore strike your thigh .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 21:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 21:12, so the Hebrew word בְּכָל־נְשִׂיאֵ֣י (bekholnesiei) 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.21.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.12.W8.S1) and character.