Ezekiel 21:19:16Ezek.21.19.W16TABWLC Ezekiel 21:24
דֶּ֣רֶךְ־עִ֑יר
derekhim
“a way of a city”
- Transliteration
- DE-rekh-im
- Extended
- DEH-rehkh-ihm
- IPA
- /bəˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a way of a city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
DE-rekh-im
- clause
ye-tsu she-NE-hem ve-YAD ba-RE be-ROSH DE-rekh-im
- sentence
ve-a-TA ven-a-DAM sim-le-KHA she-NA-yim de-ra-KHIM la-VO KHE-rev ME-lekh-ba-VEL me-ER-ets e-KHAD ye-tsu she-NE-hem ve-YAD ba-RE be-ROSH DE-rekh-im ba-RE
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase be-rosh {בְּרֹאשׁ | bə-rōʾš} “at the head” and the construct derekh-ir {דֶּרֶךְ־עִיר | dereḵ-ʿîr} “road of/to a city” specify the strategic point where the marker must stand, keeping the Hebrew’s step-by-step mapping logic in clear English.
Root and etymology
consonantsdalet–resh–kaf
“to tread, proceed”
In context — Ezekiel 21:19
And you, Son of Man, set for yourself two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come; from one land both of them shall go out. And choose a signpost ; choose it at the head of the way to a city.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:19:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Ezekiel 21:19, so the Hebrew word דֶּ֣רֶךְ־עִ֑יר (derekhim) 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.21.19.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.19.W16.S1) and character.