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

Result
שְׂ + עֹ + רִים֮
se + o + rim
seorim

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    se-o-RIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-sha-a-LE se-o-RIM

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextEzekiel 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.