Ezekiel 22:30:11Ezek.22.30.W11TAB
שַׁחֲתָ֑הּ
shakhata
“destroy it”
- Transliteration
- sha-kha-TA
- Extended
- shah-khah-TAA
- IPA
- /ʃaħăˈtaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- destroy it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-kha-TA
- phraseyour reading level
le-vil-TI sha-kha-TA
- clause
va-a-vak-KESH me-HEM ISH go-DER-ga-DER ve-o-MED ba-PE-rets le-fa-NAI be-AD ha-A-rets le-vil-TI sha-kha-TA
- sentence
va-a-vak-KESH me-HEM ISH go-DER-ga-DER ve-o-MED ba-PE-rets le-fa-NAI be-AD ha-A-rets le-vil-TI sha-kha-TA ve-LO ma-TSA-ti
Exegesis
The purpose clause le-vilti shachat-ah {לְבִלְתִּי שַׁחֲתָהּ | lə·ḇil·tî ša·ḥă·ṯāh} ‘so that not to destroy it’ conveys divine restraint.
In context — Ezekiel 22:30
I searched among them for a man who would repair the wall and stand in the breach before Me on behalf of the land, so that I would not ruin it, but I found none.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 22:30:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 22:30, so the Hebrew word שַׁחֲתָ֑הּ (shakhata) 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.22.30.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.22.30.W11.S1) and character.