יחזקאל

Hebrew

Roots
ח־ז־ק (kh-z-q)
א־ל (ʾ-l)

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jeχesˈkel/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jəħɛzˈqeːl/

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Proper noun

יְחֶזְקֵאל • (Y'khezkél) m

1. a male given name, Yechezkel or Yehezkel, equivalent to English Ezekiel ("whom God will strengthen")
2. Ezekiel (a book of the Old Testament of the Bible)
3. (biblical) Ezekiel (a prophet mentioned in the Bible and in the Quran)

Descendants

• → Koine Greek: Ἰεζεκιήλ (Iezekiḗl)
  • → Latin: Ezechiēl
    • → Middle Dutch: ezechiel
      • Dutch: Ezechiël
    • → English: Ezekiel

References

• H3168 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible