Ezekiel 21:15:12Ezek.21.15.W12TABWLC Ezekiel 21:20
לְבָרָ֖ק
levarak
“for lightning”
- Transliteration
- le-va-RAK
- Extended
- leh-vah-RAAK
- IPA
- /ləvaːˈraq/
Meaning by language
- English
- for lightning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
le-va-RAK
- phraseyour reading level
na-TA-ti iv-khat-KHA-rev AKH a-su-YA le-va-RAK
- sentence
le-MA-an la-MOG LEV ve-har-BE ha-mik-sho-LIM AL KOL-sha-a-re-HEM na-TA-ti iv-khat-KHA-rev AKH a-su-YA le-va-RAK me-u-TA le-TA-vakh
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect panah {פַּנָּה | pan-nāh} ‘faint’ takes lev {לֵב | lēḇ} ‘heart’ as its object, indicating a collapse of resolve.
Its object beraq charut {בְּרַק חָרוּט | bə-raq ḥā-rūṭ} evokes a blade that gleams like lightning.
Root and etymology
b-r-qbet–resh–qof
“flash, glitter, lightning”
In context — Ezekiel 21:15
So that their heart may faint, and to multiply the stumbling blocks at all their gates, I have set the flashing blade, sharpened for slaughter and prepared.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:15:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 21:15, so the Hebrew word לְבָרָ֖ק (levarak) 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.21.15.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.15.W12.S1) and character.