Ezekiel 21:22:7Ezek.21.22.W7TABWLC Ezekiel 21:27
לִפְתֹּ֣חַ
liftokha
“to open”
- Transliteration
- lif-TO-kha
- Extended
- lihf-TOH-khah
- IPA
- /kaːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to open
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
lif-TO-kha
- phraseyour reading level
lif-TO-kha PE
- clause
bi-yi-MI-no ha-YA ha-KE-sem ye-ru-sha-LA-yim la-SUM ka-RIM lif-TO-kha PE be-RE-tsakh le-ha-RIM KOL bit-ru-A
- sentence
bi-yi-MI-no ha-YA ha-KE-sem ye-ru-sha-LA-yim la-SUM ka-RIM lif-TO-kha PE be-RE-tsakh le-ha-RIM KOL bit-ru-A la-SUM ka-RIM al-she-a-RIM lish-POKH sol-le-LA liv-NOT da-YEK
In context — Ezekiel 21:22
And in his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in slaughter , to lift up the voice with a shout, to set battering rams against the gates, to heap up a mound, and to build a siege wall .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 21:22, so the Hebrew word לִפְתֹּ֣חַ (liftokha) 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.21.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.22.W7.S1) and character.