Ezekiel 13:21:4Ezek.13.21.W4TAB
אֶת־עַמִּי֙
etami
“my people”
- Transliteration
- et-a-MI
- Extended
- eht-ah-MEE
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʕamˈmiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
et-a-MI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hi-TSAL-ti et-a-MI
- clause
ve-ka-RAT-ti et-mis-pe-KHO-te-khem ve-hi-TSAL-ti et-a-MI mi-YED-khen ve-LO-YI-he-YU OD be-YED-khen lim-tsu-DA
- sentence
ve-ka-RAT-ti et-mis-pe-KHO-te-khem ve-hi-TSAL-ti et-a-MI mi-YED-khen ve-LO-YI-he-YU OD be-YED-khen lim-tsu-DA vi-DA-tehn ki-a-NI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} introduces mispḥoteikhem {מִסְפְּחֹֽתֵיכֶם | mispəḥōṯê-ḵem} “your veils” and ʿammi {עַמִּי֙ | ʿam-mî} “my people.”
In context — Ezekiel 13:21
And I will tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hand, and they will no longer be in your hand as prey, and you will know that I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 13:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 13:21, so the Hebrew word אֶת־עַמִּי֙ (etami) 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.13.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.21.W4.S1) and character.