Ezekiel 21:7:16Ezek.21.7.W16TABWLC Ezekiel 21:12

וְכָל־בִּרְכַּ֣יִם֙

vekholbirkayim

“and all knees”

Transliteration: ve-khol-bir-KA-yim
Extended: veh-khohl-bir-KAH-yeem
IPA: /wəxolbirˈkːajim/

Meaning by language

English: and all knees

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Result

וְ + כָל + בִּרְ + כַּ֣ + יִם֙

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ve + khol + bir + ka + yim

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vekholbirkayim

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Kaf	k with dagesh; kh without
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Lamed	l as in law
	Bet	b with dagesh; v without dagesh
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Kaf	k with dagesh; kh without
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Mem Sofit	final form of Mem — at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
ve-khol-bir-KA-yim
phraseyour reading level
ve-khi-ha-TA kol-RU-akh ve-khol-bir-KA-yim
clause
ve-a-MAR-ta el-she-mu-A ki-va-A ve-na-MES kol-LEV ve-ra-FU kol-ya-DA-yim ve-khi-ha-TA kol-RU-akh ve-khol-bir-KA-yim te-LAKH-na MA-yim hi-NE va-A ve-nih-ya-TA ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
sentence
ve-ha-YA ki-yo-me-RU e-LE-kha al-MA a-TA ne-e-NAKH ve-a-MAR-ta el-she-mu-A ki-va-A ve-na-MES kol-LEV ve-ra-FU kol-ya-DA-yim ve-khi-ha-TA kol-RU-akh ve-khol-bir-KA-yim te-LAKH-na MA-yim hi-NE va-A ve-nih-ya-TA ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI

Exegesis

Four parallel result clauses—wə-nāmās kol-lēḇ {וְנָמַס כָּל־לֵב | wə-nāmās kol-lēḇ} ‘every heart will melt’, wə-rāp̄û kol-yiddayîm {וְרָפוּ כָּל־יַדַּיִם | wə-rāp̄û kol-yiddayîm} ‘all hands will become feeble’, wə-hāḵāṯā kol-rûaḥ {וְכָהֲתָה כָּל־רוּחַ | wə-hāḵāṯā kol-rûaḥ} ‘every spirit will faint’, and wə-kol-birrăqāyîm tēlakkənāh māyim {וְכָל־בִּרְכַּיִם תֵּלַכְנָה מַיִם | wə-kol-birrăqāyîm tēlakkənāh māyim} ‘all knees will go like water’—employ syntactic parallelism to depict total collapse.

Root and etymology

l-b-b

“heart, inner will”

In context — Ezekiel 21:7

And when they say to you, “Why are you groaning?” you shall answer, “Because of the report, for it is drawing near: every heart will dissolve, all hands will hang limp; every spirit will sink, and all knees will flow down like water. Look, it is coming, and it will surely take place,” declares the Lord GOD .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 21:7:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Ezekiel 21:7, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־בִּרְכַּ֣יִם֙ (vekholbirkayim) 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.21.7.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.7.W16.S1) and character.

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