Ezekiel 13:19:5Ezek.13.19.W5TAB
שְׂעֹרִים֮
seorim
“barley”
- Transliteration
- se-o-RIM
- Extended
- seh-oh-REEM
- IPA
- /səʕoːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- barley
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
se-o-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
be-sha-a-LE se-o-RIM
- clause
vat-te-kha-lel-NA o-TI el-am-MI be-sha-a-LE se-o-RIM u-vif-to-TE LE-khem le-ha-MIT ne-fa-SHOT a-SHER lo-te-mu-TE-na u-le-kha-YOT ne-fa-SHOT a-SHER lo-ti-khe-YE-na
- sentence
vat-te-kha-lel-NA o-TI el-am-MI be-sha-a-LE se-o-RIM u-vif-to-TE LE-khem le-ha-MIT ne-fa-SHOT a-SHER lo-te-mu-TE-na u-le-kha-YOT ne-fa-SHOT a-SHER lo-ti-khe-YE-na be-khaz-zev-KHEM le-am-MI sho-me-E kha-ZAV
Exegesis
The phrases bǝšaʿālê šǝʿôrîm {בְּשַׁעֲלֵי שְׂעֹרִים | bə-šaʿ-ă-lê šə-ʿō-rîm} ‘for handfuls of barley’ and ū-bǝp̄tōṯê le-ḥem {וּבִפְת֣וֹתֵי לֶחֶם | ū-ḇi(p̄)-ṯō-ṯê le-ḥem} ‘and for pieces of bread’ employ parallel preposition+construct chains highlighting token bribes.
Root and etymology
Rootš-‘-r
“barley”
In context — Ezekiel 13:19
And you have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to put to death souls who should not die and to keep alive souls who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 13:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 13:19, so the Hebrew word שְׂעֹרִים֮ (seorim) 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.13.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.19.W5.S1) and character.