Ezekiel 21:30:2Ezek.21.30.W2TABWLC Ezekiel 21:35
אֶל־תַּעְרָ֑הּ
eltaarah
“to its sheath”
- Transliteration
- el-ta-a-RAH
- Extended
- ehl-tah-ah-RAAH
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.taʕˈraːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- to its sheath
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ta-a-RAH
- clause
ha-SHAV el-ta-a-RAH
- sentence
ha-SHAV el-ta-a-RAH bim-KOM a-sher-niv-RE-ET be-E-rets me-khi-ro-TA-yekh esh-PAT o-TAKH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-taarah {אֶל־תַּעֲרָהּ | el-ta-ʿă-rāh} specifies its sheath as the destination.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–resh–heh
“sheath”
In context — Ezekiel 21:30
Cause it to return to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin , I will judge you.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:30:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 21:30, so the Hebrew word אֶל־תַּעְרָ֑הּ (eltaarah) 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.21.30.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.30.W2.S1) and character.