Ezekiel 22:18:7Ezek.22.18.W7TAB
נְ֠חֹשֶׁת
nekhoshet
“bronze”
- Transliteration
- ne-KHO-shet
- Extended
- neh-KHOH-sheht
- IPA
- /nəˈħoːʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- bronze
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ne-KHO-shet
- clause
ku-LAM ne-KHO-shet u-ve-DIL u-var-ZEL ve-O-fe-ret be-TOKH KUR si-GIM KE-sef ha-YU
- sentence
ben-A-dam ha-YU-li veit-yis-ra-EL le-sug le-SIG ku-LAM ne-KHO-shet u-ve-DIL u-var-ZEL ve-O-fe-ret be-TOKH KUR si-GIM KE-sef ha-YU
Exegesis
The paired prepositions le-sug {לְסוּג | lə-sūg} and le-sig {לְסִ֑יג | lə-sîg} introduce the smelting-waste metaphor, specified by the list nechoshet u-vedil u-varzel ve-oferet {נְ֠חֹשֶׁת וּבְדִיל וּבַרְזֶל וְעוֹפֶ֙רֶת֙ | nəḥōšet u-ḇədīl u-varzēl və-ʿōferet}.
Root and etymology
נ–ח–ש
“bronze”
In context — Ezekiel 22:18
Son of Man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me ; all of them are bronze, tin, iron, and lead within the furnace, and they have become the dross of silver .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 22:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 22:18, so the Hebrew word נְ֠חֹשֶׁת (nekhoshet) 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.22.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.22.18.W7.S1) and character.