Ezekiel 21:4:9Ezek.21.4.W9TABWLC Ezekiel 21:9

מִתַּעְרָ֛הּ

mitaera

from its sheath

Transliteration
mi-ta-e-ra
Extended
mih-TAH-eh-RAA
IPA
/mit.taʕˈraːh/

Meaning by language

English
from its sheath

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מִ + תַּ + עְ + רָ֛הּ
mi + ta + e + ra
mitaera

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tavt as in top
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    mi-ta-e-ra

  2. phraseyour reading level

    la-KHEN te-TSE khar-BI mi-ta-e-ra

  3. clause

    la-KHEN te-TSE khar-BI mi-ta-e-ra el-KOL-ba-SAR mi-NE-gev tsa-FON

  4. sentence

    YA-an a-SHER-hi-khra-TI mi-MEKH tsa-DIK ve-ra-SHA la-KHEN te-TSE khar-BI mi-ta-e-ra el-KOL-ba-SAR mi-NE-gev tsa-FON

Root and etymology

Rootayin–resh–heh

sheath

In contextEzekiel 21:4

Because I am about to cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked, my sword will come out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 21:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 21:4, so the Hebrew word מִתַּעְרָ֛הּ (mitaera) 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.21.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.4.W9.S1) and character.