Ezekiel 21:7:6Ezek.21.7.W6TABWLC Ezekiel 21:12

נֶאֱנָ֑ח

neenakh

are groaning

Transliteration
ne-e-NAKH
Extended
neh-eh-NAAKH
IPA
/nɛʔɛˈnaːħ/

Meaning by language

English
are groaning

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Result
נֶ + אֱ + נָ֑ח
ne + e + nakh
neenakh

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    ne-e-NAKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-TA ne-e-NAKH

  3. clause

    ve-ha-YA ki-yo-me-RU e-LE-kha al-MA a-TA ne-e-NAKH

  4. 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

The construction yōʼmərū ʼēlêkā {יֹאמְרוּ אֵלֶיךָ | yōʼmərū ʼēlêkā} ‘they will say to you’ frames the audience’s inquiry, and ʿal-māh {עַל־מָה | ʿal-māh} ‘concerning what’ is followed by the Niphal participle nĕʼănāḥ {נֶאֶנָּח | nĕʼănāḥ} ‘you groan’, an involuntary emotional response.

In contextEzekiel 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 21:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 21:7, so the Hebrew word נֶאֱנָ֑ח (neenakh) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.7.W6.S1) and character.