Ezekiel 13:2:8Ezek.13.2.W8TAB
מִלִּבָּ֔ם
millibbam
“from their heart”
- Transliteration
- mil-lib-BAM
- Extended
- mihl-lihb-BAAM
- IPA
- /mil.libˈbaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from their heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mil-lib-BAM
- phraseyour reading level
lin-ve-ye mil-lib-BAM
- clause
ve-a-mar-TA lin-ve-ye mil-lib-BAM shim-E-u de-var-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ben-a-DAM hin-na-VE el-ne-vi-E yis-ra-EL ha-nib-ba-IM ve-a-mar-TA lin-ve-ye mil-lib-BAM shim-E-u de-var-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The construct linəḇîʾê millibbām {לִנְבִיאֵי מִלִּבָּם | linᵊḇîʾê millibām} ‘to the prophets from their own heart’ contrasts human-derived prophecy with divine revelation.
Root and etymology
“inner self”
In context — Ezekiel 13:2
Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are prophesying, and say to those prophets from their own heart, “Hear the word of the LORD.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 13:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 13:2, so the Hebrew word מִלִּבָּ֔ם (millibbam) 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.13.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.2.W8.S1) and character.