Ezekiel 23:14:5Ezek.23.14.W5TAB
מְחֻקֶּ֣ה
mekhuke
“engraving or depiction”
- Transliteration
- me-khu-KE
- Extended
- meh-khoo-KEH
- IPA
- /məħuˈq.qɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- engraving or depiction
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
me-khu-KE
- phraseyour reading level
me-khu-KE al-ha-KIR
- clause
va-te-RE an-she me-khu-KE al-ha-KIR tsal-ME khs-da-yim khas-DIM kha-ku-KIM ba-sha-SHAR
- sentence
va-to-SEF el-ta-znu-TE-ha va-te-RE an-she me-khu-KE al-ha-KIR tsal-ME khs-da-yim khas-DIM kha-ku-KIM ba-sha-SHAR
Exegesis
The chain anshei mechukke {אַנְשֵׁי֙ מְחֻקֶּ֣ה | ʾăn-šê mə-ḥuq-qeh} ‘men portrayed’ employs the Pual participle for passive depiction.
Root and etymology
ḥ-q-qchet–qoph–qoph
“to engrave, inscribe”
In context — Ezekiel 23:14
And she added to her harlotries , and she saw men portrayed on the wall—images of the Chaldeans engraved in vermilion .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 23:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 23:14, so the Hebrew word מְחֻקֶּ֣ה (mekhuke) 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.23.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.23.14.W5.S1) and character.