Ezekiel 21:6:4Ezek.21.6.W4TABWLC Ezekiel 21:11

בְּשִׁבְר֤וֹן

beshivron

with breaking

Transliteration
be-shiv-RON
Extended
beh-shihv-ROHN
IPA
/bəʃivˈroːn/

Meaning by language

English
with breaking

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + שִׁבְ + ר֤וֹן
be + shiv + ron
beshivron

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-shiv-RON

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-shiv-RON mat-NA-yim

  3. clause

    be-shiv-RON mat-NA-yim u-ve-mar-ri-ROT te-a-NAKH le-e-NE-hem

  4. sentence

    ve-a-TA ven-a-DAM he-a-NAKH be-shiv-RON mat-NA-yim u-ve-mar-ri-ROT te-a-NAKH le-e-NE-hem

Exegesis

The imperative hēʾānaḥ {הֵֽאָנַ֑ח | hēʾānaḥ} ‘sigh/groan’ initiates the action, while the following manner phrase bə-šivrôn māṯnayim {בְּשִׁבְר֤וֹן מָתְנַ֙יִם֙ | bə-šivrôn māṯnayim} ‘with breaking of loins’ uses a construct chain to compress the image of bodily collapse into a single unit.

Root and etymology

שברShin–Bet–Resh

breaking, fracture

In contextEzekiel 21:6

And you, Son of Man, sigh with the breaking of your loins, and with bitterness you shall sigh before their eyes.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 21:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 21:6, so the Hebrew word בְּשִׁבְר֤וֹן (beshivron) 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.21.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.6.W4.S1) and character.