Ezekiel 13:11:10Ezek.13.11.W10TAB
אֶלְגָּבִישׁ֙
elgavish
“hail”
- Transliteration
- el-ga-VISH
- Extended
- ehl-gah-VEESH
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.gaːˈviːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- hail
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
el-ga-VISH
- phraseyour reading level
av-NE el-ga-VISH
- clause
ha-YA GE-shem sho-TEF ve-a-TE-na av-NE el-ga-VISH tip-POL-na ve-RU-akh se-a-ROT te-vak-KE-a
- sentence
e-MOR el-ta-KHE ta-FEL ve-yip-POL ha-YA GE-shem sho-TEF ve-a-TE-na av-NE el-ga-VISH tip-POL-na ve-RU-akh se-a-ROT te-vak-KE-a
Exegesis
In wə-ʾattênāh ʾaḇ-nê ʾel-gā-ḇîš tip-pōl-nāh {וְאַתֵּנָה אַבְנֵי אֶלְגָּבִישׁ תִּפֹּלְנָה | wə-ʾat-tê-nāh ʾaḇ-nê ʾel-gā-ḇîš tip-pōl-nāh}, the construct ‘stones of hail’ is personified by the feminine plural pronoun and followed by the imperfect ‘will fall.’
Root and etymology
gimel–bet–shing-b-š
“crystal, hailstone”
In context — Ezekiel 13:11
Say to those who plaster with whitewash that it will fall. There will surely be an overflowing rain, and you great hailstones will fall, and a stormy wind will break through it.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 13:11:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 13:11, so the Hebrew word אֶלְגָּבִישׁ֙ (elgavish) 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.13.11.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.11.W10.S1) and character.