Ezekiel 23:15:6Ezek.23.15.W6TAB
בְּרָ֣אשֵׁיהֶ֔ם
berashehem
“on their heads”
- Transliteration
- be-ra-she-HEM
- Extended
- beh-raa-sheh-HEHM
- IPA
- /bəraːʃɛˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- on their heads
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-ra-she-HEM
- clause
kha-go-REI e-ZOR be-mat-ne-HEM se-ru-KHEI te-vu-LIM be-ra-she-HEM mar-E sha-li-SHIM ku-LAM
- sentence
kha-go-REI e-ZOR be-mat-ne-HEM se-ru-KHEI te-vu-LIM be-ra-she-HEM mar-E sha-li-SHIM ku-LAM de-MUT be-NEI-va-VEL kas-dim E-rets mo-lad-TAM
In context — Ezekiel 23:15
Girded with sashes around their waists and with flowing dyed cloths upon their heads, they had the appearance of officers , all of them like the sons of Babylon, the Chaldeans, of the land of their birth.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 23:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 23:15, so the Hebrew word בְּרָ֣אשֵׁיהֶ֔ם (berashehem) 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.23.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.23.15.W6.S1) and character.