Ezekiel 21:28:20Ezek.21.28.W20TABWLC Ezekiel 21:33
בָּרָ֖ק׃
barak
“lightning or flashing”
- Transliteration
- ba-RAK
- Extended
- baa-RAHK
- IPA
- /baːˈraːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- lightning or flashing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-RAK
- clause
ve-el-kher-pa-TAM ve-a-MAR-ta KHE-rev KHE-rev pe-tu-KHA le-TE-vakh me-ru-TA le-ha-KHIL le-MA-an ba-RAK
- sentence
ve-a-TAH ben-a-DAM hin-na-VE ve-a-MAR-ta KOH a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI el-be-NE a-MON ve-el-kher-pa-TAM ve-a-MAR-ta KHE-rev KHE-rev pe-tu-KHA le-TE-vakh me-ru-TA le-ha-KHIL le-MA-an ba-RAK
Exegesis
The poetic repetition kherev kherev {חֶרֶב חֶרֶב | khe-rev khe-rev} 'sword, sword' intensifies the threat, while the participles petukhah, meruttah, ma-unah {פְּתוּחָה, מְרֻטָּה, מָעוּנָה | pə-ṭū-ḥāh, mə-ruṭ-ṭāh, mā-ʿū-nāh} 'drawn, polished, sharpened' with infinitives la-tevakh, le-valleea, le-va-raq {לַטֶּבַח, לְבַלֵּעַ, לְבָרָק | la-te-vakh, lə-ḇal-lēʿ, lə-ḇā-rāq} 'for slaughter, to devour, for lightning' enumerate its deadly purpose, highlighting the completeness of divine judgment.
Root and etymology
consonantsBet–Resh–Qof
“to flash”
In context — Ezekiel 21:28
And you, son of man, prophesy and say: Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the sons of Ammon and concerning their reproach : “A sword, a sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, sharpened for lightning.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:28:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Ezekiel 21:28, so the Hebrew word בָּרָ֖ק׃ (barak) 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.21.28.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.28.W20.S1) and character.