Ezekiel 21:24:16Ezek.21.24.W16TABWLC Ezekiel 21:29
בַּכַּ֖ף
bakaf
“in the hand”
- Transliteration
- ba-KAF
- Extended
- bah-KAF
- IPA
- /bakˈkaf/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the hand
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-KAF
- clause
YA-an hiz-za-KHER-khem ba-KAF tit-ta-fe-SU
- sentence
la-KHEN ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI YA-an haz-kar-KHEM a-von-KHEM be-hig-ga-LOT pish-e-KHEM le-he-ra-OT kha-to-o-TE-khem be-KHOL a-li-lo-TE-khem YA-an hiz-za-KHER-khem ba-KAF tit-ta-fe-SU
Exegesis
The climactic idiom bə-kaf til-lākheḏū {בְּכַף תִּלָּכֵדוּ | bə-kaf ti-la-khe-du} ‘you will be seized by the hand’ employs a passive impersonal construction to depict imminent judgment.
Root and etymology
Rootk–p
“hand, palm”
In context — Ezekiel 21:24
Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD : Because you have made your iniquity to be remembered and your transgressions have been exposed in all your deeds—because you are remembered, you will be seized by the hand.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:24:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Ezekiel 21:24, so the Hebrew word בַּכַּ֖ף (bakaf) 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.21.24.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.24.W16.S1) and character.